Chapter 43

• Shaelan hadn’t gone far. Calum was thankful that she knew enough not to take off alone. He could hear her sobbing and felt like the air was harder to draw into his lungs. His cat had gone completely still. Figures, he thought, bail on me and leave me to do this without help.
• Moving silently, he went over and pulled her to her feet, and tried to wrap his arms around her, but she swatted them away. “Shaelan…”
• She jabbed him in chest with her finger and glared at him through the tears. “This he-man, king of the jungle stuff is ridiculous.” Shaking her head, she stepped back from him and hugged her arms around her waist. “I don’t care if this is how it is in the animal world.” She paused and looked at the ground, “a week ago, I didn’t live in the animal world with all…” her hands waved in the air, “this.”