Chapter 27

Seeing Jesse's vulnerability bought us so much closer as a couple. I wasn’t embarrassed by it and it didn’t feel weird to me. I understood how he felt. The thought of losing him was petrifying to me too. We also didn’t have a clue how to defeat the Soulderians and we knew we couldn’t run and hide either. I would’ve liked to have said that I hadn’t thought about running and wanted to stand and fight to the death for my family and packs, but running away was all I could think of. I felt so weak and helpless. If I didn’t have a family or pack, I think me and Jesse would have run away as soon as we knew they were coming. I wished the situation could have been different, but we had no choice but to fight for our lives.

I buried my head into his neck and took in a deep breath, hoping his scent filling my nose would help calm me down. It worked a little and at least held back my tears. He had calmed enough to pull me in tighter. Laid there in his arms, I was able to think clearer. I decid