Her wolf was growing more desperate by the day, pushing, pleading, using every dirty trick in the book to break Raya’s resolve.
He’s ours, Raya! He’s right there! We don’t have to do this to ourselves! Zola whimpered, clawing at the inside of her mind, pressing against the bond like an animal trapped in a cage. But Raya was unyielding.
We have to. You know what’s at stake.
But he’s suffering too! Zola cried, her voice tinged with raw emotion. Can’t you feel it? Every time you pull away, it’s like a knife in his soul!
Raya clenched her fists, her nails digging into her palms.
Of course, she could feel it. Every ounce of Kaius’s frustration, his confusion, his pain, it bled through the bond no matter how much she tried to suppress it. But she couldn’t afford to care. She wouldn’t car
