Thane's POV

I watched Ryan lift himself from the ground, his eyes no longer the steel grey of corruption, but soft brown, and it sent not just a chill, but something much more real, through my bones.Released: HereWater droplets clung to the leaves behind him, all of a sudden the shadow seemed to vanish with the remains of the aura in the air, and Ryan took deep breath, blowing it out through lips trembling because they remained smiling in the face of everything as he walked over to me. It was the gasp from my mate that sounded through the clearing, and I automatically edged my way closer to her,...