THANE POV
She was there.
I saw her.
Fuck, I felt her.
Not completely. Not the way I wanted. Not standing in front of me with that sharp little mouth of hers ready to insult me, my brothers and the entire concept of emotional vulnerability before admitting she was scared.
But she was there.
For a few minutes, green had pushed through the gold.
Persefone.
My angel.
Bruised from the inside out, trapped behind her wolf’s eyes, barely able to move one finger, and still somehow angry enough to want to keep going.
Then she was gone again.
The green I loved so f*****g much it hurt faded.
The gold swallowed it.
And I stood there like a f*****g coward, too stunned, too scared, too chicken s**t to step forward and ask Eden what Perse wanted to do with this mess.
My mate was scary.
My w
