Jake watched her sleep. He wanted nothing more than to climb into the hospital bed with her, to wrap himself around her and never let go. But the doctor had been firm. Too many wires and monitors surrounded her, fragile lifelines he couldn’t risk disturbing. So he stayed anchored to the chair at her bedside, fists clenched on his knees, every muscle locked tight.
She lay frighteningly still. Her arm was wrapped and casted, propped carefully on a small pillow. A bandage wound around her head, faint smears of blood visible on the gauze. Bruises trailed down her throat and collarbone, and her skin was a map of rough, angry scratches. Seeing her like this made something dark and feral coil tight inside him. His wolf prowled just beneath his skin, hungry to tear into any witch or traitor who h
