Chapter 15
“A billion stars go spinning through the night, blazing high above your head. But in you is the presence that will be, when all the stars are dead.”
—Rainer Maria Rilke
Grigori was roused from his restful sleep by the sound of sobs. He jerked awake to find Madelyn beside him, shaking as she cried in her sleep. Tears soaked her face and pillow and her body jerked with shaky breaths. Everything in him shattered at the sight. What could upset his mate so deeply that she wept in the land of dreams?
“Madelyn.” He curled his body around hers, trying to absorb her body’s trembling and ease her pain. “Wake up, please sweetheart.”
She came awake, slowly bit by bit and when she blinked up at him her eyes were brimming with more tears.
“What’s the matter? Please, you’re scaring me,”
