Duty and Guilt

POV: Ryker

In my mind, Varg ceased his aggressive pacing. The feral, frantic energy that had consumed him since the moment I sank my teeth into her throat faded into a quiet, gentle insistence.

'The bond is real,' my wolf told me softly, his voice echoing through the hollow space in my chest. 'You cannot deny what we both felt. What she felt. That kind of connection does not lie.'

'Real or not,