Kelani Pov
The moon was still high, but the night no longer held its chill. It was replaced by something warmer. Something dangerous.
Jayden’s room was cloaked in shadows, lit only by the faint flicker of the fire that crackled low in the hearth. I stood there by the window for a while, watching the light move over the stone floor, chasing the ghosts of thoughts I hadn’t dared entertain. But I couldn’t run from them now. Not after everything.
I turned to face the bed. He was there. Jayden. Alive. Breathing.
Strong and mine.
That word echoed too loud in my chest, sending heat rushing through me. Mine. He had become more than the bond. More than the mate fate assigned me. He had become the storm that broke through every guarded wall I had.
And right now, I wanted nothing more than to f
