Chapter 175

It was her. It had always been her and those blue eyes, too naïve and innocent to give any indication that she should be Mated to someone like me. Yet Fate had put us together, and from the first moment I saw her, I knew she'd be the death of me as much as she'd be my salvation. I knew that Cain would somehow exploit our bond, find the chink in my armor. Because no matter how much I loathed the bloodsuckers and wanted to save my own kind, I couldn't put Skylar at risk. I was too protective of her. As much as I tried to resist her, my feelings had deepened into something I never would've recognized before we met. Closing my eyes briefly, I attempted to push thoughts of her from my mind. The more I thought about Skylar, the closer I was to letting my walls down for just a moment, just so I could sense her presence before I went through with this. I glanced down, seeing that the burn marks on my arms had nearly faded. As if I weren't already blocking everyone out, Cain had ke