Chapter 25: No Other Way

**LUCIEN**

I reach Monica and catch her in my arms before her body strikes the ground. Ragnar is on the verge of shifting.

Here she is again, unconscious. But this time I don’t know why. Before, when she passed out from seeing me shift, I could tell her breathing was abnormal. I start searching her body for marks, cuts, bruises. Any sign of a sickness that I didn’t notice before. I look up to her mark, and I am fuming. It looks as if it’s fading.

‘Ragnar, what the fuck is happening??’ I ask in desperation, watching my mate mark fade from my woman’s neck. Feeling our bond fade like a speck of dust in the wind.

“Lucien, what happened??” I hear Tobias say as he is running in my direction.

“I came to check on her, and right as I called for her, she collapsed. But look.” I said through tears, showing the King her mark is fading. It’s not gone, but it is flickering as if it is fighting to stay on her neck.

“This has happened before. But the shit you need to do it is fucking hard to find