His scent was familiar but his eyes were not my former mate’s forest green eyes. They were bluish green, as if the wildness of the ocean met the mystery of these woods.
“You’re not Alpha Garrick, are you?” But I didn’t hear the answer to my question as my eyes involuntarily closed and everything turned to black.
My eyes slowly fluttered open, sunlight warming my face.
I looked around me and I was in a forest clearing; I smelled like shit. I probably also look like one.
My green-eyed savior was nowhere to be found. Well, whoever he is, I owe him my life.
I rose from the ground slowly. Every bone in my body screamed in pain. The pain from the mating bond rejection is still in my system along with the unexplainable pounding of my head.
How long have I been out?
Shit, I should go back home now. My cottage is burned down. My true home is gone. The Nightshade Pack is the only place left for me to return to.
Even if it’s ruled by a monster.
“Where the fuck have you been, Fiona?”
Alpha Talon, my father, immediately greeted my morning with his old-fashioned slap.
I lifted a hand to my face. “I fell asleep.”