The Alpha's Forgotten Mate
She looked like hell (blood in her hair, new pale scars across her palms where power had burned through skin), but she was breathing, and that was everything.
“Hey,” she whispered, sliding her hand into mine.
“Hey yourself.” I pulled her close and just breathed her in. Smoke, sweat, wildflowers, home. “How bad is it?”
“Bad,” she admitted against my chest. “The Entity keeps trying to prop me up, like pouring coffee into a cracked cup. Every time it helps, I feel… thinner. Like I’m becoming background in my own body.”
The Entity spoke to both of us this time; his tone was calm and matter-of-fact.
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