Fated Hearts: A Shadow Bound Novel by Garrett Leigh

Author:Garrett Leigh [Leigh, Garrett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fox Love Press
Published: 2019-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

Zio sat on the cold ground by the fire no one had bothered to keep going. The humans had been and gone, unconvinced by Zio’s explanation of a training exercise gone wrong but unable to prove otherwise. Danielo had taken a team back out to bury the dead, while Michael took care of Bomber.

Shannon had been the only one left to sit with Zio, and he did, shoulders touching, his presence a comfort, but nowhere near enough to soothe the pain ripping through Zio’s soul.

“What if he doesn’t come back?” The very thought brought fresh agony to Zio’s heart. He rubbed his chest and repeated the question out loud with a scratchy whisper that hurt his ears.

Shannon wrapped an arm around him. “He’ll come back—he’s bound to the pack, and now he’s bound to you too, even if you don’t fulfil the bond.”

“I don’t know what any of that means.”

“Neither do I, at least not when it comes to shifters from different clans. We have to wait for Varian; he’ll know what to do.”

Zio wasn’t so sure. In all the years he’d served his alpha, Varian had rarely talked about bonds, even his own with Tomas, and Zio had never sought out friendships in the wider pack, preferring to stick close to his squad brothers and sisters. It was never up to other people to tell you. Varian taught you many times that knowledge was the greatest power, but you never bothered to learn.

It was true. The only thing Zio knew about mated pairs was that they never served in the same units, in his own pack and beyond. “I always thought if I triggered a bond, it would be with Emma, and that it would be easy. She’d leave the combat units, and she’d be safe.”

“I thought you never slept with Emma.”

“I didn’t. But I was never sure that wouldn’t change.”

Shannon sighed. “Maybe it would be easier to bond with your best friend, but the supernatural world doesn’t work like that. Bonds are . . . unique things. Magic. Unpredictable. You can’t control them, no matter how bad you want to.”

“Do you wish this had happened with you and your human friend?”

“No. I would never wish this life on someone I love.”

Love. Zio craved to know more, but an approaching vehicle interrupted them. He scrambled to his feet. The guards had shouted no warning, so it had to be Varian.

Zio’s stomach turned over, nervous for reasons he didn’t understand.

Shannon nudged him. “Chill. It’ll be fine. It’s not like you’ve done anything wrong. You’re as blindsided by this as the rest of us.”

Zio shook his head. “I’m not. I should’ve known.”

“How? It’s not like you’ve been— Oh fuck, seriously?” Realisation dawned on Shannon’s face, but there was no time to fend off his inevitable questions.

Varian had arrived.

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