Chapter 058

[Sylvester]

I have never felt so content, so whole and so terrified at the same time.

As I curl up next to her, placing my face against her healing mark as I pull her into my arms, a cord of connection snaps tightly between us and I know that she is mine forever.

Mine.

I never want to leave this room. Leaving means dealing with reality. And I'm just not ready to do that yet. I want to stay here, lying next to her, bathing in our combined scent.

"Her scent is much stronger now," Rufus remarks. "Almost wolflike."

He isn't wrong. If I didn't know better, I'd say she was a wolf, not a witch. Hopefully, that will help me hide the truth from the pack.

"What if she is more than just a witch?" Rufus suggests. "What if there is more to our mate than just one side?"

"What you're suggesting would be even worse," I snarl scolding him for even insinuating that she might be something truly taboo, something that could get us both outcasted. "This is already complicated enough."

"But if...what if