Kallias’s POV (in 3rd Person)

He heard his mate’s thoughts without her knowing: “I welcomed all of him into my heart.”

“Me,” he said to himself in the quiet aftermath of their lovemaking. “She welcomed me into her heart.”

It was more than Kallias could hope for. When he first saw her in the grounds of the Blackwind Pack amidst battle, she was cowering and helpless and hopeless. Now, he's her strength and hope and the reason she rose from that pit of helplessness.

Evadne was asleep peacefully beside him, the clock striking noon. But he didn’t mind the time or the swelling emotion in his chest. He will protect...