Chapter 124

Sera's POV

The anticipation curdled into something darker with each passing minute.

I lay on the grass, watching the tree line, willing a figure to emerge. But the forest remained empty. The sky shifted from afternoon blue to dusky orange to deep purple, and still no one came.

My wolf whimpered inside me, her hope slowly dying.

‘He's not coming,’ she whispered. ‘Our mate isn't coming.’

The wound on my leg had stopped hurting. Or maybe I had simply stopped feeling it. Anger had a numbing effect,