Chapter 139

Cerys' POV

My throat was raw, voice caught somewhere between human and wolf. I stood there for a few heartbeats, letting the storm outside drum against my senses, before finally speaking.

"Valerius... it's time to come home."

The sound, carried on the rain and wind, reached him. That statue-like figure-silent, immobile, like a corpse-stirred.

His sharp, sculpted features lifted, eyes black as midn