Chapter 230
“Thank you.”
I mumble, resting my head against his shoulder. Raizel dips his head down to kiss the top
“There’s no need to thank me. I’m here. Always.”
I didn’t doubt him.
***
Finding Isaac had been easier than I expected MYTHSTAR
of
my head.
With how vast the territory of the Capital was, it normally would’ve taken a considerable amount of
both. As it was, Isaac had shut his side of the time to find him even with a bond that connected u bond off. I wasn’t surprised. I knew he wanted his thoughts to be his own for a while. The sorrow he’d let slip for just a few seconds earlier on was so overwhelming it made me physically sick.
Trudging on into the thick of the woods, I let my wolf handle the reins of control. She had a better sense of Isaac’s lingering scent. While normally she would’ve turned tail to bask in Raizel’s presence she knew our pack mate needed us more. His anguish practically called on our end of the bond. It urged us to do something.
A few deep whiffs led us to the starts of a narrow creek.
When we broke free from the thicket of trees, she obediently relinquished all control back to me, understanding the gist of what we needed to speak to him about. I stepped into view without making the slightest bit of noise. Water rushed down the rocks of the stream and pushed further into the north, but I didn’t care to watch it. My Gam ma was sitting by his lonesome, knees drawn up and head resting on his forearms. His broad back hunched over in on himself and although he still looked strung up, the earlier trembling had ceased.
Uniting with Duskfall.
The phrase repeated itself in my head like a mantra. What do I even say to that?
Sow am I supposed
to feel? How is Isaac supposed to feel? How can I pretend any of this was easy? As though making. this decision could be as simple as picking what to eat for dinner?
I almost scoff bitterly to myself.
didn’t
Isaac obviously wasn’t jumping for joy at the prospect of merging our packs. It matter the reason, he just wasn’t. Understandably so.
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