Damon pov
I didn't bring her back because I cared.
I didn't bring her back because I wanted her.
It was the mate bond, nothing more. It clouded my judgment, made me feel things I had no business feeling.
As I carried her through the dense forest, her unconscious form pressing against me, I kept telling myself that this was just duty. She had been attacked, and I had the power to save her. That was all.
Yet, my wolf wasn’t fooled.
You should have never let her leave in the first place.
Shut up, I snapped back at him.
Logan ran beside me, his gaze flicking between me and Talia. He hadn’t said a word since we left the battlefield, but I could feel his questions pressing against the air between us.
When we reached the packhouse, I wasted no time.
“Get the doctor,” I ordered.
Logan n
