Fated in Stone by Kat Simons

Author:Kat Simons
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: T&D Publishing

CHAPTER TWENTY

Ben took over the driving a half hour after they hit the highway because he was worried about Elle. The fact that she didn’t argue with him, and just let him drive, proved how shellshocked she was. He wasn’t feeling much better.

Leaving her, even for those fifteen minutes had felt miserable. But the farther he got from her, the harder it had been to be away from her. To the point his wolf was crawling in his brain pushing him to get back to her instantly. He’d thought it was him, the fear for his Nam-tar, the worry that was probably natural. He hadn’t had this experience before and hadn’t been around to watch either of his sisters or his brother go through this. Maybe the jumpy, edgy, panicky feelings were normal?

But seeing the panic mixed with relief in Elle’s eyes when he’d returned had floored him. Feeling her tremble as she held him had been horrifying. He didn’t want her feeling like this. It wasn’t right that she felt like this.

And not just because he objected to her being unhappy or uncomfortable.

He was afraid when his wolf leapt through her, it had left something of itself in her. That was what happened when Nam-tar performed that ritual. But he hadn’t completed it, hadn’t jumped back through her. So he’d hoped he hadn’t left any of the wolf behind.

Now he was afraid he had. And because he hadn’t finished the ritual, they were both left in a kind of limbo. Without finishing, they were linked in a way that wasn’t normal for Nam-tar.

She hadn’t made her choice to stay yet, though. She didn’t even know what they were to each other yet. But if he didn’t finish the trust ritual, they stayed in this weird bond that made being apart physically painful. And if he did finish it, that bonded them permanently. She would carry a piece of his wolf with her. Forever.

They couldn’t live like this, being unable to be separated. She couldn’t be forced to live like this. But no matter what happened now, she would always be linked to him. Could she still make the choice to leave? And if not…

Maybe he was wrong. Maybe she still had the choice. Once the ritual was done, she could still leave. She could still decide she didn’t want him. They’d be linked but not in a way that she couldn’t mostly ignore. She’d live a much longer life than the humans she knew. And she’d heal faster and be stronger than any human around her. But maybe she wouldn’t mind that.

So long as she was still free to make the choice to stay or go, then they’d both be fine.

Well, if she chose to go, he’d be in the same position he was in now. Had always been in really. Meeting his Nam-tar wouldn’t have changed anything for him. Except for having had the pleasure and honor to have met her.

He glanced at her from the corner of his eye.

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