She looked at him intently, searching his eyes. "What are you saying?"
He put his mouth close to her ear and said, "I am saying that when it is my turn to go in, I want you to join my pack."
Erin gasped in surprise. "Do you mean that?" She whispered back.
"Yes, but you have to be clever about it. I do not want Zanisck and Zorraya to notice your absence until we are gone."
"But why? What changed your mind?"
"I have just realized now that I would rather die with you beside me than to die alone," he said honestly. "I know my reason is purely selfish, Edvana, but if this is the end end of our existence, then I want you with me."
Erin felt her heart overflowing with love for her mate. He finally understood her reason for risking her life to follow him here, he finally realiz
