Chapter One Hundred and Sixty Four

Khai's POV

I've learnt enough from Calley that Lilith will use her reserves and ultimately ending her protective qualities far to premature.

I assess the situation.

Three bears, all at least double Rex's size.

Double his weight and now doubt capable of killing him if so willing.

I cannot let that happen, I cannot see Lilith's mate... our... Lilith's other mate die.

It would crush her, send her spiralling into a frenzy of angry need for revenge as she mourns the instant loss of Theo and Rex from our closely bonded mate bond.

That's the ugly truth of a true mate bond. The ability to feel the loss, the happiness, even the pain of someone you love so dearly.

Someone that Celeste all but forced upon us, because that's what I have now realised is the case.

All this time she's been picking and choosing the wolves and humans and even the mates too. Never once thinking about the opportunity for people to chose on their own.

I understand her logic, the need to know each and every one of her kin