Chapter 109

Maren

I wake to warmth.

Not the kind from sunlight.

Not the gentle glow of the leyline humming beneath us.

No — this warmth is alive.

Breathing.

Strong arms around me, one tucked under my head, the other wrapped across my stomach, holding me in close.

Kaelen.

His chest rises against my back, slow and even.

His body curled around mine like a barrier between me and the world.

And the bond…

The bond