Damien’s POV I ran deep into the forest, mostly allowing my wolf to take over, my wild instincts leading the way. I was trying to pull back from my thoughts, to forget all my worries for a while, but there was no stopping the knowledge I had now. Amelia and I were at a fork in the road of our relationship, and I had a choice to make. If I didn’t trust Amelia to be able to stand up for herself and protect herself in the fight, I would lose her. She was right. She had proven herself. She won the tournament. She crossed the rogue border and returned unharmed with our lost children. Yet still I was still seeing her as the human I had fallen in love with and plucked from the human realm. She wasn’t that woman anymore, she as so much more. She was her own capable warrior now. Even her

