Chapter 118

Zander took her wrists, one at a time, and pinned them to the bed over her head. Rose held her breath as she waited for him to move, to push into her.

But he gazed down at her as if he couldn’t believe she was real. “Is this forever, Rose?”

Buried deep in his eyes, in his heart, She saw the fear, touched it, and tasted it as if it were hers. Zander lost all his loved ones and she knew he was scared of losing her as well.

Rose put that fear there. She was his mate, the other half of his soul, and she will never leave him.

Rose tugged at her wrists. “Let go.”

He doesn’t hold on to her because this is Zander. She read the reluctance in his eyes, but he released her. She cradled her hands around his jaw, her fingers brushing against day-old stubble as his eyes flutter closed with a sigh.

“You’re mine,” She whispered.

His eyes flew open. “Am I?”

Rose nodded, more certain than she had been about anything in her life. “Yes.”

He studied her for another long moment as if he doesn’t or can’t