Chapter 68

"I'm a fucking burden to you and this pack, and didn't want to be anymore weight on your shoulders. I'm so sorry." "You're not a burden, you never were." "I am, every person in the world seems to be trying to take me away." Danyal shakes in my arms, his anger seeping through our bond, and a winter breeze careens through the trees, cooling our heated minds. My hands caress his back, soothing away his dark emotions. He pulls me closer to him, the stress in his muscles leaving him in one quick exhale. "Nobody will ever take you, you are my light, without you there is only darkness," his whisper barely audible over the gust of wind. I bite back a smile and my fingers dig further into the fabric of his shirt. "You're my light too." Danyal starts to shake in my arms again, but this time it's not of anger or fear. A single warm drop lands on my skin and then more follow in it's wake. Danyal cries heavil