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He cupped her tear-daash across her cheekbone, then back up Staring into gray eyes as deep as a storm-tossed sea, he attempted once more to cloud her mind and steal herhappened

With a frustrated sigh, he released her and rose as she curled in on herself, swept away by the chaos of her emotions

Kara and Lyon finally arrived, and he went to join them

"No luck?" Lyon asked

"No"

Kara , Lyon Can’t you steal her emotions as you did mine?"

"She’s huo, I thought I was, too"

Lyon caught Wulfe’s gaze, his trepidation about going anywhere near a crying feave him a wry look "This one’s okay Coic touch" Lyon was the only one of the Ferals with that particular gift to any substantive degree

He walked into the cage first and oncewo to help you Give hiainst the tide of tears, gasping as she straightened again, her gazefrom Wulfe to Lyon ary uncertainty

Lyon held out his hand "I won’t hurt you"

Taking a deep, shuddering breath, she slowly placed her hand in Lyon’s an to visibly drain out of her, the tears subsiding "What are you doing?" Even her voice sounded alain

Kara came to stand in the doorway of the cell, a water bottle in one hand, a s of crackers in the other "He’s a healer of sorts He helps heal broken hearts"

Lyon grunted "I take e I’h" She handed Wulfe the water and crackers

Wulfe screwed off the top of the water bottle and handed it to Natalie

The wo to Lyon beneath tear-spiked lashes "That’s a, what you can do I feelokay, now Like I can handle this"

Theand pulled out one of the crackers Her gaze swung to Wulfe "How long have I been asleep? I’er than you think Eat up"

Lyon rose and joined Kara at the cage’s door, his ar around his mate’s shoulders

"Esmeria says only one bottle of water and a few crackers this first time," Kara told him "She needs to take it slow"

Within one and the water bottle ee "She needs to sleep, Wulfe"

"Agreed"

Natalie’s gaze snapped to his, wariness leaping into her eyes "You’re going to knock ain I watched what you did to Xavier and Christy I know you did it to me"

He didn’t deny it "It won’t hurt you, and the less you hear, the better for you and us both I’ll leave you in here with your brother if you’d like"

Her tension slid away Slowly, she nodded "All right"

Sliding his hand to the side of her warm neck, he found the spot beneath her ear with his thuht her as she collapsed Beneath the acrid scent of fear and sweat that still clung to her, he sray-eyes scent, like a war her into his are from her brother so the male wouldn’t accidentally kick her when he woke, as he was sure to do soon

As Wulfe left the cage and locked it behind him, Lyon lifted a brow "She didn’t appear to be afraid of you"

"Why would she be afraid of Wulfe?" Kara asked

Wulfe looked down at his chief’s ht with his badly scarred face, and saw nothing but genuine puzzleood fortune in being blessed with this woman as their Radiant

With a smile, he hooked his ar as he aze "Think of all she saw that day"

A quick s flickered across Lyon’s face "Daerinned, releasing Kara

Lyon nodded toward the unconscious male "Who is he to her?"

"Her brother And she confirmed it He’s blind"