Jack
It had been 6 days since I’d last seen Rosalie. I could feel her pain even though we weren't wholly bonded and mated. It was faint, but it was there. Even through distance, she still held on to me like a lifeline. I tried to fill my heart with my love for her, hoping she could feel something.
He was physically hurting her; I could feel it. I could feel her heart burning and aching, and she was losing her lightfast. He was wearing her down, trying to break her spirit with the branding bonds.
Once I had calmed down enough to talk to the Elders, they had me sit in my office and made me hear them out. They had no idea about branding bonds because it was a practice outlawed thousands of years ago. They were dangerous and often resulted in humans dying. It was dark blood magic that was e
