Chapter 34

Cerys's POV

"It's just a scratch," I finished, staring at the faint mark on my forearm where Valerius's voice still echoed in my head. He hadn't said goodbye before the call ended-just that cold silence, the kind that carried through the bond even oceans apart.

I should've been asleep. Instead, dawn was bleeding through the blinds when I finally drifted off, lulled by the hum of my wolf's contentm