The Alpha King's Human Obsession
Ronan crossed the room and took her face gently between his hands, gold eyes steady despite the storm clearly moving behind them. "I promise you," he said, "on everything I am, that no harm will come to her while I have breath left to prevent it. But Marlowe, I need you to understand something before I send anyone north to secure her." His jaw tightened, the weight of what he was about to say settling into his voice like stone. "If whoever's behind this has already found a way to reach into the human world and touch the people you love, bringing her here, into Blackwood territory where we can actually protect her, may be the only option left that doesn't end in tragedy."