Chapter Nine “I would like to say that if I lost you, I would be strong enough to carry on, that I would keep your memory alive for the rest of the world. But this, I cannot do. If you are gone, then I am gone. If your life is over, then mine is as well. Without you, I am simply a shadow of the person I would have been with you at my side. There is no me without you.” ~Nick “Why the hell not?” Kara growled at him. “You keep giving me the same material, Nick. It’s time that you come up with something new. Reruns aren’t my thing.” Nick’s wolf clamped the man’s mouth shut. No matter how angry he got, the wolf would not allow him to say anything that might cause their mate pain. She’d endured enough in her life. But the man’s frustration with her was at an all-time high. She just couldn’t