Chapter 19 Rescue

• The door didn't open. It exploded inward, splinters scattering across the stone floor, and Kael came through the wreckage of it half-shifted, eyes blazing amber-gold with a rage Elara had never seen on him before — not in the courtyard the first night, not at the border, not even watching his own blood pour black into the mud.
• "Elara."
• "I'm here. I'm okay." Her voice cracked on the last word, relief crashing through her so hard her vision blurred. "Kael, he wants me to reject the bond, he says if I don't he'll—"