Chapter 14: Heat of the Bond

Amy

The minutes crawl by as I sit at home, my anxiety growing with every passing second. Elias should have been back by now, and the weight of the situation presses down on me.

'I should have gone with him,' I suddenly think, and once that thought is in my brain, I can't get it out.

I know it makes little sense - in a world of werewolves, what could I possibly offer him in terms of protection? But somehow the bond between us is so strong that the logic doesn't have to be. I should be with him now, I should be there to help.

But along with the desire to be close to him, comes something else - guilt. I know it's because of me that he's in this mess and, although his tales of incompleteness were there long before I was, I can't help but blame myself for the rift that has suddenly torn him from his family in ways that seem irrevocable.

The guilt gnaws at my insides—I've caused Elias to confront his family, to make choices that could sever the ties that bind him to his pack.

In my mind's