Dear Luna…
I almost went back and stopped them both, but in the end, I left them to it. The truth was, Killian’s piss was too good for his uncle, but I wasn’t the kind of alpha who didn’t let his pack heal the way they needed to.
I headed towards my mate.
Chapter 18
Rowen
The burningin my skin had dissipated.
The druid was murmuring constantly around me as they performed whatever druidic tasks they needed to do. The cool rain that had fallen was welcome; I had been lying curled up in a ball, my skin on fire, and when the first drops of rain hit my skin, I opened an eye to see if my skin steamed at the contact.
It hadn’t.
I was still on the ground, the grass cool and soothing beneath me. My hair was over my face, and I pressed my cheek into the soft soil.
Everything hurt. The pain of the Hollow had been my pain. I knew the druid had bled me, but I didn’t know why. I assumed something about my blood had been used for the calling of the rain. I wasn’t sure I needed to know.
Of course, I needed to know—I was going to be a druid. My son would need me to know these things. I just… I was tired. My head hurt. My heart hurt more, and my limbs were heavy.
A warm body lay behind me, pulling me into them, and I felt myself relax as Wolfe’s arms came around me, his hand resting protectively over my belly.
“I’m okay,” I told him, knowing he would understand without me saying it, that I was better with him here. “Are you?”
“Tortured a traitor.”
I turned in his hold and looked up at him, brushing the hair from his eyes. “Who?”
“Jericho,” he said the name quietly. “Stonefang Pack.”
My hand cupped his cheek. “One from yours, one from mine.” Closing my eyes, I pressed my forehead into his chest so he couldn’t see the sadness. “Are there more?”
“I hope not,” he murmured, kissing the top of my head.
“You can’t just lie here like lovers on a picnic,” the druid snapped. “I need to work.”
Wolfe huffed in displeasure. “Work around us, or I’ll make you leave and you won’t work at all.”
“I—”
“Five minutes, druid,” I said before the druid irked my husband any longer. “I need this and so does your alpha.”
I heard the muttering of discontent, but they were wise enough to keep their voices low enough that their alpha didn’t hear.
“How do you feel?”Wolfe asked, pressing his hand lightly into my belly.
“Like I was on fire,”I told him honestly. “The rain was welcome.”
“And our son?”
I smiled. “He’s safe. The druid drew the heat from my body, and I think…I think they made it rain.”
Wolfe was silent for a moment, processing the information. “Neat trick.”
I tilted my head back and looked up at him. “I think it’s more than a trick, don’t you?”
“I do.” He dropped a kiss on my nose. “I need to check on the pack, see the damage, but I wanted to make sure you were okay. You’re definitely okay?”
