Chapter 287

It didn’t occur to me that Kane would take me shifting and running away like that as a bad sign. All I knew was that I needed to get away from that mother and her baby. I was angry with her for no good reason, and when she defended the child’s father like that, I wanted to tear her head off.

“Willow!” Kane says in my head. “Stop.”

I didn’t look where I was going, and I suddenly realise that I have no idea where I am. I am not even sure I’m running in the direction of the castle. Kane is right behind me though, as always I can trust that he'll be there to catch me when I fall.

I stop running and shift to human. Dario dashes through the trees, the golden wolf shimmering in the moonlight. “I’m here,” I say softly.

He shifts and runs up to me. “I know,” he says, breathing harder than he usually does. “I always know where you are. Why did you run?”

“I was angry. I didn’t want to hurt her.”

“Yeah,” he sighs and runs his hand through his hair, “I get that.”

Goddess, he’s magnificent. Sometim