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"What do you need from us?" Dain finally spoke up

"Why, Dain, thank you, it’s so nice of you to ask," Peri’s voice dripped, with false congeniality "I have this small, teeny, tiny problem You see the nasty old witch has put a spell on the mates of the wolves, well seven of the the very same torments that their mates experienced while trapped in the In-Between" Peri didn’t bother to tell them that their s that were need-to-know, and these Fae didn’t need to know "I can’t break the spell by myself and the two healers are also under the spell so I cannot ask for their help That leaves me with you bundle of joy"

"We will come with you," Dain nodded, "ill help these wolves who obviously lad that you all have decided to co for the right reasons And, don’t expect so the day Saving the world is the o ask the hule at her Peri clapped her hands together and rubbed theain "Enough with all of that, let’s get down to business"

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Costin lay next to Sally on his bed He was as close to her as he could get without touching her and yet it felt like they orlds apart Her eyes would flutter open occasionally and the lost look that glazed over the down She was escaping into herself to get away froh it wasn’t really happening She didn’t have a wolf to turn to for strength and help; she only had the deep recesses of her et as far away fros as she could, but it also took her far away fro their bond, but she had effectively severed it The only thing that he knew to do at that point was to talk to her, to share with her, his heart, his love, his longings

"Sallyyourself, and I’lad for that I miss you I miss your skin, your hair, the way you smell when I touch you Did you know that you smell different when I touch you? I don’t know if Jacque or Jen ever explained that to you, but as your mate, you respond differently to me There’s a desire that isn’t there with anyone else and that causes you to give off a different scent It’s thescent in the entire world But, because I can’t touch you, it’s gone I miss the way you blush when I flirt with you and how soft your lips are when I kiss you You knohat’s crazy? Not too long ago, I didn’t have any of those things and I was still able to live Sure, it wasn’t a great existence, but I was alive Now, that I have you, I can’t live without those things, Sally Not just because of the Blood Rites, but because I couldn’t go on without you being in this world So you see, when this is all over, you have to come back to me Whatever it takes, ht memory, and replace it with my love Do you hear me Sally?"

Costin’s voice filled with the unshed tears that he had been fighting and he unconsciously reached out to touch his mate only to withdraw his hand quickly "You have to be okay," he whispered "You have to, because I am not okay without you" He let his iven with her, his brown eyed girl, so ht that he had held her in his arms as she slept It was the first time she had ever slept in a bed with a ht of his life He had been awake for hours after she fell asleep He had listened to her heartbeat and the rhyth It had all been ht he had taught her how to bartend She was so easy to be around and he knew that he constantly had a ridiculous grin plastered on his face because of her, but he didn’t care As long as his Sally was happy, healthy, and safe, he didn’t care about anything else Yet, here she lay next to his How many times could a man fail the woman he loved, before it became too much? He didn’t know the answer to that question, but he did know that if there was anything that he couldn’t handle in this world, it atching hisabout it

"I will ht, Sallywith the sound of her occasional whiht, and kill the one who ed ani back his wolf by a thin thread His eyes continually darted back to the wolance his heart broke all over again He knew that the otherthey didn’t, a child A child made in love with the wo irl in one ar he could think of that he would do that very thing

"Think, Decebel, think," he muttered to hie and worry His heart felt as if hundreds of needles were puncturing it, stabbing over and over with every desperate sound frorasp, every breath was a struggle and he was beginning to wonder if he and Jennifer would ever have a happy ending They had been through so much since they had met and he just felt it was a matter of time before they didn’t make it out as they had so many times already He turned abruptly when he heard his name

"Dec," Jen whispered He was at her side in the blink of an eye

"I’old locks and longed to sink his fingers deep into the strands, like he had so many times before He needed to see the spark in her blue eyes and hear the sharp slash of her tongue when she snapped her sarcastic reht be hurt or annoyed by it, but he knew that was how his Jennifer showed her love If she ignored you, then that hen you should be hurt He watched as her lips tensed and her eyes squeezed shut He knehen her body shuddered that she was in pain, or at least she thought she was Decebel knew first hand just hoerful the mind was and how it could le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">