If she thought I was falling for her little innocent meek act, then she wasn't as bright as I thought. But seeing her in this room so dirty and weak due to lack of sleep and amenities. Well, not that I would ever admit that to her. But it was keeping me up at night from guilt. Visions of me whipping her back bloody also haunted me. I wasn't one to abuse women. Especially my mate, whenever I have envisioned my mate during daydreams and such. I always saw myself treating her like a queen. How wrong had those daydreams been? I asked Kalen to go over to see the wolves being dumped, make sure our men didn't do anything reckless, being so close to the enemy I wouldn't put it past them. In all honesty, I wanted his ass out of my hair for a few days too. All I got off him were comments and look