15. Protection . . . >< It has been a week since Killian and I completed our bond, and days since he strode into my room to exert his power and dominance over me. Not a second has gone by without him making it known to me countless times that I am nothing but an inconvenience to him. I am the stupid and cowardly one, the one who drags my feet to the dining halls day and night to witness him and Cindy acting like crazy lovers. He may have power over me and punish me, but he would not think to kill me. Why did he kill Ted if he found me to be a plague in his life? I should not have completed the bond. I should have fought against it and plotted my escape from here. The Blue Moon pack was like living in a hellhole, but this place is equally a prison. At least back home, I had my

