Chapter 182. Always Yours

Althea felt terrified, but Gavriel’s arms around her were enough to steady her. His warmth always had a way of calming the storm inside her, even now when everything felt uncertain.

“Did you eat dinner already?” Gavriel asked quietly.

“Not yet,” she murmured, still leaning against his chest.

“I’ll have the cook prepare something. I’ll eat with you.” He gently guided her face up, wanting to see her eyes.

“Even if the bond gets severed, I’ll still feel the same way,” he said. “It isn’t the matebond keeping me with you. It’s us, Althea. Our hearts.”

She nodded, a soft smile forming. She believed that too.

“But Zander will use my life against you,” she admitted. “We don’t know what he wants… or why he wants me. And if Candice is right, then maybe Zander and I are connected somehow.” Her hand moved to the key hanging from her necklace. “He knows about this. And I think… he knew my mother.”

Her throat tightened. “Gavriel… if he heals your sis