Kael's POV
The heavy iron gates of the Silver Manor swung open before I even reached them and I didn't stop to acknowledge the guards who were bowing as I rode past because my chest felt like it was being squeezed by a giant hand and every breath I took was heavy with a dull ache that wasn't my own, and I knew it was the mate-bond reacting to the pain Zara was feeling wherever she was hidden in those mountains. I dismounted my horse before it had even come to a full stop and tossed the reins to a stable boy who looked startled by the dirt and blood on my clothes and I marched straight toward the main hall while Silas and the rest of my men struggled to keep up with my pace. The interior of my home was usually a place of quiet and order but today the stone walls felt like they were closi
