"Don’t tell me you’re already regretting it.”
Blaise’s fingertips brushed the fresh mark on her left shoulder. Pleasure sparked instantly through the new bond, sharp and intimate, racing under her skin like lightning.
His voice was light, almost teasing, but she could feel the real worry bleeding through the link—his unease sliding into her chest as if it belonged to her.
So this was what a completed mate bond felt like.
“No,” Kaela said quickly, meeting his eyes. “I could never regret mating you.”
The softness in his silver gaze stole her breath. He cradled her face between both hands. She leaned into the touch without hesitation. For the first time since the night Nightreign burned Ashclaw to the ground, something hollow inside her finally settled. A place she hadn’t even realized w
