Mated to the Night Wolf
she urged, her hand caressing my face, "but it is necessary to avoid an Ever Night."
Her fingers slipped away from my face, as she turned away. She seems to be holding in a breath, or tears, one or the other, it did not take away from the shake in her voice.
My jaw tightened, though I didn't bother to reply to her remarks. Even my mother feared an Ever Night.
Still, I couldn't blame her. It was simply what I am, and even as I stood, I longed for that dark place. To waste into its nothingness before the date of my mating.