KNOX
Her body felt weightless in my arms. Every part of me shaking even though I was the one holding her. Aria's eyes were wide and glassy. She was trembling with fear, shock, realization, pain. It was all tangled in her eyes. She looked at me like she didn’t recognize the world anymore… her lips trembled like she was trying to speak but didn’t know how.
“Little flower,” I whispered, “You’re safe now.”
She winced when my arms tightened around her, and I froze. The scent of her blood hit me again. Rage surged through my veins so violently that I nearly shifted on the spot. My eyes scanned the room, but Celina was gone. Coward. She’d run. But she can never hide from me.
Fenris snarled inside me ‘Mate is hurt. Mate is bleeding.’
“I know,” I muttered under my breath. “I know.”
My gaze fe
