Elijah's POV

"She's in pain!" Mason shouted in my head in a near frenzy.

"She's going through inner torture, she's like a poor little snail that's slowly shrinking back..."

Even if he didn't say it, I knew. I could tell she was having a hard time. She couldn't stop trembling, like a scared bunny.

What had Isabella gone through to become so sensitive? She should be the crazy and confident warrior who defeats her enemies, not the way she looked now.

She's worried that she's doing something wrong. But I wanted to tell her that there would always be me.

I circled her gently in my arms and tried to...