Chapter 104

Kane's POV:

The week passes in a haze of pain and fatigue. I force Patrick to stay with me the whole time so he can learn how to do things. I try to check in with Willow every day, but mostly she’s unreachable, lost in a world of fog where I can’t connect with her. It’s killing me little by little, and I’m fast reaching the point where I just want her to give birth so we can take hands and dive off the cliff together.

I haven’t told Patrick that we’re dying. I somehow managed to convince him that I’m just overworked and stressed, but Drake isn’t that easy to fool. Towards the end of the week, he drags the whole story from me without even trying. He looks at me, the surprise evident on his face, his cold, grey eyes suddenly filled with concern I didn’t expect to see. “I know someone,” he says at last. “A rogue, like me. A witch. She was kicked out of her pack when they found out she’s a hybrid. Maybe she can help.”

I quickly shoot him down, because I can’t keep going down this path.