---- And tin parallel realms didn't pass the sway. "My family's not like that. We don't need to steal anyone's magic, "T said, looking him straight in the eyes. "If they found the 'Heart of the Beast,' there must've been a reason, maybe..." I trailed off, thinking through the most logical explanation. "My brothers or the girls probably landed in those lands," I'd already told him how I got to his continent. "They must've found sconnection to you.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtMaybe they even captured Drusilla alive..." "I should've killed that bitch," he growled, hatred radiating off him- and I got it. De la Croix was a plague. Then anew possibility hit me, one I hadn't even considered. "T know this hurts, and I'm not asking you to cwith me... but can you open the portal to that place?" "No," he said without hesitation. His cold gaze pierced through me. "Aidan..." ---- "Pm not throwing you into that cursed land. I don't know if they broke through my ice spell..." "My family can protect me-I can protect myself!" "T'm not losing you too! Do you get that?!" He stood up suddenly, grabbingby the shoulders. His tormented eyes tore into my soul. He pulledinto his chest, which was rising and falling like crazy. His hands trembled on my back, his emotions shifting all over the place. Thugged him, pressing my face into the curve of his "You asked how to sendhome... that's how.
That's how you get rid of me, how you end all of this. {never said I wanted to end this..." he said hoarsely. 'Theo wrapped himself around my Selenia energy like he owned it. Viad called toin my mind. Aidan pulled back, cupping my face in his hands, resting his forehead against mine. "Baby, no matter how hard I fight this... it's not just my wolves, Nyx..." ---- His lips brushed against mine. You've broughtback to life. Madewant to laugh again, to feel...
to love." He took my hand and placed it on his chest. "You melted the ice around my heart. But I..." He closed his eyes, torn up inside. "I can't give you the place you deserve. I can't present you as my mate. It wouldn't be fair to either of you..." "Aidan, I'd never ask you to leave her..." "Pm just asking for time, Nyx..." His fingers traced my lips, his words twisted promises tangled in pain and surrender. "Time" for his current mate to die... and forto take her place. 'That simple.
That tragic. "The idea of taking you hwas never about leaving you behind, " he explained, pullingback into his lap. "1 don't know how it works in your world, but here, portals are like hidden doorways in the most unexpected places. It's different for us. We can summon portals from nothing, if we've got the right power.
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