Chapter 73

Kaelen

For a long time I didn’t realize I’d fallen asleep on the steps. The concrete was cold against my back, the ache in my arm a dull pulse that I’d been ignoring for hours. What finally woke me wasn’t the pain. It was her.

A flicker of warmth through the bond—fear, determination, something wild that didn’t belong to me. I lifted my head just in time to see her running toward me, hair streaming