Mated to the Alpha CEO
And somewhere behind her, she heard Ronan scream too — a sound of such agony that it tore through the cold and found her heart.
The bond. It's taking the bond.
She felt it then: the thread of light that connected her to Ronan, the love that had been forged through years of training and trust and shared grief. The Unmaker's cold clawed at it, unraveling it strand by strand. Memories flickered through her mind — Ronan's smile when she first shifted, Ronan's patience when she failed, Ronan's pride when she succeeded — and each memory dissolved as the bond was severed.