CHAPTER 58

　　‘Give me my dagger back!’ she yells and tries to pull away. I want her to feel the sparks. I want her to know I’m not a threat. She has a sudden look of sadness, and I begin to feel guilty. All I want is to see her smile, to see her happy.

　　I look at Soren. ‘We can’t take her with us,’ I tell him.

　　‘It’s too late. You don’t have a choice now. You know what will happen if you don’t stay near each other,’ he replies.

　　‘I know, but her pack won’t allow it. They will want her back,’

　　‘If her pack want her to live. They will have no choice but to let us take her.’ Soren says.

　　He is right. The only way for her to live is to stay with me. If Lylah returns to her family without me, she will begin to burn up as if she has a fever, which will worsen until she burns to death. She is mine now, my love, and I won’t let my blood flame have that fate even if it means her hating me.

　　‘Of course, you monsters would rather murder me than give me back to my pack alive!’ she yells.