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My teeth chattered

Why couldn't I get warm?

With a huff, I moved away from the bed and went to stand in front of the fireplace just as the door to es

Ethan stood in the doorway, blanketed in the warlow My breath hitched in h I tried to stop— knowing he probably heardheart

His hair was loose fro around his sharp cheekbones and jaw

His nostrils were flared as if he s horrific

And when I opened my mouth to speak, he held up his hand and hissed at me

Freaking hissed

Like a cat

I heldthat was probably the best option for me at that point

Get warm

Funny, , and now I had one goal in life — to get warm and stay that way

It was all I could allow myself to focus on I was pretty sure if I let myself fully think about what had just happened to me, I'd have a nervous breakdown After all, I was only hunore with so next to me

His fluid movement from the door to the fireplace was quick I blinked, and he was standing next tohis hands out

I knew he could feel the heat, so I wasn't going to insult hih it see After all, I'd always thought va except blackness and the idea that his touch had been so painful I'd wanted to die

"You are safe," he whispered in a hoarse voice "Cassius won't be co for you He'd have to track you first"

"Am I untraceable now?" Now that I was his Now that I didn't belong to myself anymore

Ethan pulled his hand back froht fist "To everyone but your mate"

"You" I closed ?

"Me," he confirmed

My heart continued to race I tried to glance at him out of the corner of reen — were black and still trained on me I didn't know vay — outside of their fangs — changed

"The cold will pass," he said, still staring at me