Unexpected Protector

~Kaelar~

The silence stretched tight enough to snap. The steady rhythm of the ceiling fan mocked the gravity of the death sentence hanging in the air. I stared at Rowena, her bruised face bathed in the sterile fluorescent light of the clinic. The words she just spoke echoed in my skull, ringing louder than a gunshot.

Soren.

Soren was her fated mate.

My jaw tightened so hard my teeth ground