Barys POV
I held onto Rainia, her breathing labored as the tranquilizer from our realm once again took its hold on her. The air was heavy with the scent of burning wood from the crackling fire nearby. I hated doing this to her, the guilt weighing heavily on my chest. She did not understand what was at stake in our realm. It was not just our lives we needed to protect, but the existence of our kind. The sound of her shallow breaths filled the air, a haunting reminder of the danger she was in.
We needed Rainia’s power to save all of us, or else many innocent lives would be lost. I had only intended to talk to her, to reason with her and only bound her so she would not run. My intention was to free her once she calmed. But I had no clue that her relationship with that shifter named Caleb ha
