Pike
“What should we do?” Cinder asks me in a low tone. Her eyes are kept on the storage door and I can hear how fast her heart is pounding in her chest. She knows that we are surrounded.
I hesitantly place my paw on her knee. It brings her attention back to me. I use that opportunity to look at the door back and forth, hoping she understands that it means “run for your life,” but Cinder doesn’t run away. She frowns.
“I’m not leaving you,” she says, almost angrily. “You might be the biggest bastard on the face of the planet, but I’m sticking by you. Mates protect each other, okay? So, your enemies that are out there? Well, they are my enemies, too. “
I pause for a second to stare up at Cinder’s face. How come she is so loyal to me? This girl, who I’ve basically been a d**k to, is sitti
