Rain’s POV Pain raced through my body, making my vision swim with darkness that threatened to take me under. I couldn’t afford that. Not just when I’d been challenged! But I couldn’t move... The pain was too intense, and moving even an inch felt like a Herculean task. My heart felt like it had been ripped out of my chest, my ribs a gaping hole. I’d been tortured in the past, but no pain I’d experienced before came close to this! As if someone had set my insides on fire or flayed my soul… A shadow moved over me, and I remembered that Thor had challenged me. That he’d been the one who shot my fated mate and caused this pain. Well, f**k me, but I suddenly understood why rejections were something that killed wolves. I hated that b***h and our bond had never fully formed. And I still felt

