Bound by Love Marked by fire

tep she took beside Rael felt heavier, the silence between them pressing in as much as the cold. Her fingers traced t

d she, knowing shadows wit

here's a path ahead," he murmured, eyes scanning the mist. "Hidden. O

a dry laugh. "

ped of comfort. "Then you

taste of fear in her mouth. Yesterday, she'd been a girl tangled in heart

nearly ran into him. His hand

. Through the white haze, shapes emerged three wolves, their pelts s

voice almost a growl. "Scouts fo

them not just hear them, not just see them. It was deeper, stranger. Something inside her stirred, a he

not taking his eyes off them. "Don't use

was alrea

unge, no snarl just silence. Then, with a strange, hesitant whimper, it low

eyes betrayed a flicker of something li

steady now. Her voice was quie

for the first time, she didn't

just her weapon.

mist? They might just