Chapter 19.

~Avery~

I laid down, placing my head on his chest, and thought about everything that had happened since I came here

Finding out my father wasn't my actual father, that my parents never wanted me. Losing a family but gaining another one. Finding out about the existence of werewolves, witches, and vampires. Going to war with my father who invaded my mind and had me nearly kill my mate.

Finding out I'm half-witch and have a special wolf. Being told I had to marry the man I had just met, or we would both die.

Through everything, he was there, standing by my side. At times he was a douche but he was placed in an impossible position, and he knew who I was to him.

Xena and I hadn’t spoken much, both of us in our own thoughts, grieving separately. The one thing I felt from both of us more than anything else,