Chapter 626

• Where he had seen a slight, she had been giving him the highest gift she could as a Were, the protection of one of her pack. Instead of being angry with her about it, he should have been thanking her for the honour. Living with the wolves, his attraction to the woman before him, it was all so new on top of everything he'd been through. He wasn't sure if he could trust his own judgement any more. Perhaps it was time to accept what Cassia was offering him...someone to lean on and learn from, as he navigated his slow healing process.
• "Thank you." He said the words quietly, but the emotion in his voice was heartfelt. This exquisite woman before him accepted him despite his scars, despite his erratic moods. She looked at him as a man and saw something of worth in him. Yes, she was a Vârcolac and as such, so much stronger than he was. But she didn't use that strength against him, as he'd imagined she was doing earlier.
• Instead, she came to him, soft and vulnerable, leaning on him as she wept at her inability to find the solution to the danger that not only affected him, but every other vampire she cared for. She was strong and resilient and yet, with him, she was soft and passionate. She bared her soul to him and he couldn't believe that barely moments before he was thinking of walking away from her. He had to be all kinds of a fool.