Blood and Rain
"Forgive me, sweetheart. I took it from you. I took the choice away."
The weight of his ancient code was a physical anchor dragging him into the dirt. He was a Viking; he had been raised in a world where a warrior’s honor was his currency, where a maiden's choice and a chieftain’s house were sacred boundaries. Brynn was a virgin alpha warrior who had determinedly held out her entire life, saving herself to wait for her true mate-bond naturally, expecting a proper court, a formal declaration, and a respectful exchange of oaths.
And he had shattered all of it in a single night of panic.
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