We had been duped, lured to Volsung under false pretences. All of us were now prisoners, it was all down to Cassie’s abilities as a healer if we were to survive this. I hated that; I hated that Fredrik had put Cassie in such a position where everyone’s lives depended on her. His mate, his unborn bairns, her mate and her clan. With that sort of burden to carry I knew it would either make or break Cassie. I hoped it was not the latter.
She had more than enough drama going on without Fredrik adding to it. They had tried to put Cassie and I in separate rooms, but Cassie stopped me from having to murder them all by threatening to die before helping Aneka. She said they would have to kill her because she would not be helping Aneka if they separated her from her mate. They relented and locke
