The warning was unmistakable as nobody dared recover.
However, I didn't wait to hear anything else as I wandered through the courtyard because the cold night air felt suffocating.
On my way out I lifted the most expensive bottle off the drinks table. Nobody stopped me. Nobody even looked.
Even though he defended me for whatever reason, my chest hurt. My wolf hurt. Everything hurts.
Eventually, I reached one of the old observation towers overlooking Silver Ridge while I smiled sadly. The tower had once been my sanctuary.
Back when me and Rowan were newly mated, we used to spend hours there together watching moonrise and now, it felt like a tomb because when was the last time we went there?
I climbed the spiral staircase and stepped onto the deserted platform and for a long time, I
