Grace
I look at Killian and tell him telepathically, ‘I can’t leave you alone with Dennis still breathing, Killian.’
He looks at me, not even surprised that I can mind link him now. ‘Then, what do you want to do, Grace? Whatever you decide, I’ll be right by your side.’
‘I don’t want you to think differently of me, Killian.’
My mate smiles and strokes my face with the back of his hand. ‘Nothing you ever did could have me thinking differently of you, Grace. You’re the love of my life, my mate, my everything.’
I smile and lean into his touch. ‘I feel it, Killian. Our mate bond is so real.’
‘Yes, it is.’ He smiles.
‘I love you, but I must do this. I have to keep you safe, Killian. I don’t think you’re weak. I know that you’re not. But I would never be able to settle if I thought for one
