ELLA'S POV I was this close to losing my mind at the velocity Harper was splitting through the highway. Still, a part of me was more concerned about him. What had happened? Why the sudden switch of mood? I loathed self-pity and the baggage that came with it. I didn't want to instill more fear into Harper. Not like I had the power to do so to a Lycan royal. Then again, wasn't I his mate? I swallowed the lump that gathered in my throat. “Is it something you'd like to share with me?” Silence rented the air for an interminable length of time when in actual sense it was only a few minutes. Harper cut me a glance through the corner of his head. “Pack secret, not to be disclosed to a non-member of the pack.” My lips thinned. On a normal day, his response would have sent me to close-li