Chapter 134

• The command is harsh and demanding and all of a sudden I feel like I've been drowning and now I'm finally able to break through the water's surface. I'm gasping for breath. Edward jumps into action and quickly helps me to lean my head down between my knees and gently coaches me slow my breathing. His hand strokes my back through the entire thing and when I finally feel more like myself, I carefully sit up and face him.
• "How?" I ask, hoping he will understand everything that I am leaving unsaid.
• How can a weak halfling ever become Alpha? How can he ask that of me? How will he ever forgive me if we are never able to do what he was born to do because of me?