MATES: REMNANTS OF A BETRAYED BOND
Dumbstruck, Valen shook his head slowly, his expression paled.
“We lost him,” I blubbered, lips quivering.
He just sat there with his eyes narrowing more and more at me like he was completely in another world and my language was alien.
So, I clutched his nape with both of my hands, shaking him back to reality. I repeated, as if he hadn’t heard me. “Devin’s gone.”
Valen blinked several times, he raised his hands to wipe my wet face, and then he cupped the sides of my face. We stared at each other, slowly coming to grips with the loss of a loved one. The anguish and heartbreak was evident in the look on his face.