"What if the next thing I lose is you?"
The words stayed between us.
Kael didn't answer immediately.
For several seconds, he only looked at me.
The moonlight coming through the window touched one side of his face, leaving the other in shadow. He looked different like that.
Less like the Alpha King everyone feared.
More like the man who had been sitting outside my door all night just to make sure I didn't have another nightmare.
"Lyra," he finally said.
My heart tightened.
"I can't promise you that."
I lowered my eyes.
"I know."
"I can't promise that nothing will happen to me."
"I know."
"But I can promise something else."
I looked at him.
"I won't let you face it alone."
Something inside me cracked.
I quickly looked away before he could see the tears forming in my eyes.
