Stay near her. Do not leave her for any longer than necessary. Walking away from Kara was the hardest thing that Kylen had ever done. His body ached, his heart threatened to burst out of his chest. Nothing in this made sense.
He had thought rejecting her would be the hardest part. Instead, with Erik's words ringing in his head, he had taken a moment to really see his mate before he spoke the words required. While he found her beautiful, he knew she was too small in build, too thin to be healthy. Her clothing hung off her like every passing day had her wasting further away from the world. Her eyes were too large in her small face, glistening with something akin to hunger.
How was that possible?
Then he'd seen the state of her clothes. Her shirt torn, as if someone had been too impati
