oss Elyse's face as she

he beast core of the level 3 tusk boar into he

to end this bond, he can get his ass

sent the beast core upw

s well stay. I'm not letting

othing more than a

ves, he'd had his people working

r vision going dark. Exhaustion had pushed her body well past

her body couldn't respond quickly enough for her t

live. We can't dissolve the bond if she's dea

am, Trevor, who had remained hidden behi

s rustled as wind mov

rched for Elyse. There was no s

ally stopped. Once again, the soup his d

ngered over ground covered in overlapping footp

lled his dark gold eyes, narr

e dead wind wolves lay in a heap,

ke claws, he drove one han

level 4 beast core, leavin

next, he ripped out more than a

emale's mental soothing would make his already unstable esper ener

mattered to

, and their wild energy poured into

to sound as though they were coming out of plac

power to wrestle the surging energy under con

yse had fed him, without

how cool and clean her s

the sight of her slender figure

aken. Whoever had hurt her woul

stood in the night wind as it to

the werefox territory, he sprang forwa

the House of Healing w

eturned, she blink

d the bed, and the room smell

g, she pushed h

as her hand moved toward

still access her portable sanctuary and pull

the wooden door as

a male werefox with a w

held his long brown hair in a loose tie. He was remarkably h

. "A matched mate is nearby. Caleb Hopkins,

him, Elyse settled b

he basin onto a nearby surface. From the wa

ower back, and a blood clot has formed at the back of your head." He spoke g

e. Apparently, he intended

worthless female himself? How long are you plannin

his hands st

together slightly above the

Healing for treatment. That makes you someone under my care. Whatever yo

ly, Caleb could put on an even more convincin

took a closer lo

ry available space, giving her little reason to

sed to be held? After capturing her, had he simply dumped

idea who you're treating?"

nd wolves attacked you in the forest and left you seriously in

hesitation and avoided everything in his p

the medicine, Elyse le

he House of Healing without bothering to tell their ow

s through that door, my concern is helping them recover. Plea

s, she studied his

at had happened, or had he be