The Weight of the Future

Gaelen's POV

I spent fifteen agonizing minutes trying to talk Cal out from under that heavy mahogany bed frame. Every time I crouched low, speaking in the softest tone I could manage through the throbbing pain in my shattered nose, she just growled. A low, feral sound that tore at my chest. She was ready to fight to the death in that cramped space. I finally stepped back, pinching the bridge of m