TWENTY

ARCHER

AS THE CAR arrived at the hotel, Archer took his mate up to his penthouse. He placed her on the huge bed which seemed to make her appear smaller than she was.

Time flew by slowly with Archer not leaving Clarissa's side for a second.

Sitting beside her on the chair beside the bed, he could not believe how incredibly fragile she looked at that moment. It made him think that if he held her a little too hard, he would break her.

"So small, yet so powerful, " Archer whispered.

Although she was not aware of it yet, she held the power to bring him to his knees.

The protective feelings from his wolf seemed to have increased overnight. Hunter was not one to show up and let his feelings show but at that moment, Archer could feel Hunter's anger like it was his own emotion.

Hunter was angry at itself and the Alpha King for causing their mate to be this way, even though it understood Archer's intentions were not intended to cause harm.

Archer took her left hand into his, noticing how