What Hunts Inside the Shadows (Of Flesh & Bone, #2)

by Harper L. Woods

You are young and deserve to figure out who you are before you become a mother.

Bringing a child into this world would be nothing short of irresponsible.

Pressing the tip of the blade to the skin covering his beating breast, he held my hand steady. “It is yours. Whether it beats or not,” he murmured, reaching up to cup my cheek with his other hand. “I have felt your desperation coming through the bond all day, Little One. If my death is what brings you peace, then I will pay that price.”

“If you are able to imagine your life, your future, without me in this world, then why would I want to live?” Caldris asked, running his other thumb over my cheekbone.

“I love you, Estrella. I have loved you for centuries and waited for you to be mine. If there is no hope, no chance of you accepting me into your heart in truth, then I will gladly allow you to be the one to end my eternity of suffering. If the last thing I see is your face, then I can go to the Void in peace.” I sobbed as he dropped his hands away, letting them settle against the bedroll at his side. “Stop it,” I pled.

I couldn’t kill the very being who had brought me my first moments of real happiness. I couldn’t end the only male I’d ever loved, even if he was a monster.

I swallowed back my nausea, wishing with every passing day there was another place we could go. That he was not bound to return to Mab’s side with her daughter in tow.