BOUGHT BY THE BEAST
"I need you to hold the light. I need you to be the anchor for the pack. If I go over the edge, you do not follow. You stay on this wall. You lead them."
"Caspian, no," I said, my heart leaping into my throat. "You can't fight that thing on the cliffs."
He grabbed the back of my neck, pulling me into a kiss that tasted of salt, fire, and a promise of eternal devotion. It was a kiss that claimed every part of me, a kiss that said he would crawl through hell itself to get back to my side.
"I am the Beast of the North," he whispered against my lips, his fangs grazing my skin. "And that thing is in my territory."