Chapter 196

Mia's POV

A stone struck true, pulverizing the creature's eye with a sickening crunch. With a howl of agony, the wolf collapsed to the ground, its lifeblood staining the earth beneath it. As the last vestiges of life faded from its eyes, I breathed evenly and transformed back. Running up quickly, I jumped and kissed my mate. The flames on his hair were hot but they were not unbearable and they died down as he held me and kissed me back. It took all my willpower to break free from him and let us breath. Strands of sticky saliva trailed our lips as we parted and I was flushed up to my ears, breathless.

"Mia?" He breathed, looking at me in surprise.

I would have grinned at him if I were not too busy being stunned.

"Xavier?!" I exclaimed. "What in the world?! How? I thought..."

"You never did see me without my turban," he teased. And he was right come to think of it.

"So the memory loss..."

"I did lose my memory," he said, shaking his head. "But I guess could say that an eyeball helped me