Chapter 11I can t turn and I ve no idea why. I m as weak and powerless as Juan said I was. Because of me, Colton will perish tonight, too. He ll feel this pain, he ll know I m suffering, and as soon as my heart stops, his will too. I failed to keep my mate safe by failing to save myself, and I don t deserve his love, his bond.
I m sorry, my love. You were right. I m no warrior.
I doubt he ll even hear me, as along with my ability to turn; my mind-link is silent and has been since I lost him upstairs. I close my eyes, trying hard to connect to him, to feel him inside my head one last time, but there is only deathly silence in the recess of my brain as fingers encircle my throat and I wait for the inevitable squeeze to end it all.
My blurry vision focuses in front of me, straining across
