Zenith
I ran away… I ran away like a coward.
Zeke was urging me to go back to his mate. He hated me for running away from her.
“We need to go back, we can’t leave her alone.”
I stayed silent and kept leaping forward with no intention of going back.
“She will feel rejected, she doesn’t deserve that.”
Ignoring the turmoil inside my mind, I pushed forward, in my beast form cutting through the dense forest with effortless speed. The trees blurred past me, my senses heightened by the adrenaline coursing through my veins. Every step I took felt like I was trying to escape the inevitable, but Zeke’s voice was relentless in my head.
“Zenith, turn around!” Zeke growled, his frustration boiling over. “You’re making a mistake. Our mate needs us.”
Zeke’s growls turned into pained whimpers, a
