Chapter 159

"Sometimes, when a mate is very sick and her life partner isn't with her; providing occasional touching or making love to him, his body can go into a Crave Shock. It's very dangerous. Once it starts, it kills the mate within fifteen minutes of no intervention from his mated partner."

"Jesus, what a mindfuck. Just fifteen minutes? It takes more than an hour to get to the Tower!"

"One hour, thirty-seven minutes. Forty-five minutes when you run there in shifted form." Eline confirmed.

"Oh, my God. My best friend will die!"

"Ismena is not gonna go into Crave Shock, Sandra. As I said, it's very rare and it only happens to mated couples who are apart from each other. That was what killed The Alpha King's father after the Queen died."

Sandra's eyes widened, "Really?"

Eline nodded, "His could have been easily prevented, it could have been stopped. All he needed was contact from his children—his wife's genetics are in them. All he needed was their touch but he refused it when he went into Crav