Her heart stopped. “No…” The word escaped me before I even realized I’d spoken. Every instinct inside me took over. Running back to her bedside, I immediately began issuing orders. The moment I reached for the defibrillator, a mind link was forced open. Dad. ‘Kyle.’ His voice cut through my concentration. ‘When you’re finished, I need to speak with you. We’re waiting in your office at the hospital.’ His command shattered what little self-control I had left. I didn’t care that he was my father. I didn’t care that he was the former Alpha. I cared about one thing. Saving my mate. Without taking my eyes off Mirella, I answered him. ‘You can all wait.’ My voice came out colder than I had ever spoken to him before. ‘My mate just died in my care after my sisters decided it was a

