Tleaned against the side of the cabin, and Rowan settled next to me. “That was…” His voice was soft, and hesitant.

“A lot.” I finished. He laughed.

“It’s gone.” He looked back at the grave.

“What’s gone?” I turned to look at him.

H waved his hand at me. “Your mark. You are back to normal.” He smiled. “Which is great because I missed your normal eyes.” He leaned over and kissed me. “You are so beautiful.”

I snorted. “I’m covered in dirt, blood, and I don’t want to think about what else.”

He cupped my cheek and stared down into my eyes. “That changes nothing. You are still the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.” He kissed me again as the door slammed open.

“Get a room, you two.” Rick limped out, a bruise healing on his face.

“You look rough.” I grabbed for him as he stumbled over the hose

“Yeah…I’m still weak from Vince. So healing is taking a little longer.” He winced as he licked the corner of my mouth. “Can’t worry about it too much.” He settled next to us as he nodded over to Alannah. “Ternen?”

sighed. “She is saying

I couldn’t do.” I almost missed

“What?”

also pride. “He protected his family. He didn’t wait for you to save them; he did it himself.” He looked

I grabbed his arm. “You couldn’t fight against magic, Rick.

But I saw anger there.

nothing of…” He wiped his face. “Believe me. I

for a second, and I saw a flash of relief.

my mate because of it. It’s not your fault, and there is no shame in that you needed Amy

at the commotion, and she bit her lip as she stood. She raised a hand, and we all started

her

trembling for a second. “Can you

her

“Can you get his necklace and ring?” She turned to me with

tight over rock–hard muscles. I knew instantly something was wrong. I turned to look at my mom. She caught my worried glance and walked over. “I’ll stand with her when you go down.” My mother wrapped her arm around her back, her hand

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