Cassy

BFTA 31

Cassy’s wounds had healed by morning but her broken spirit had not. No maid reached her chambers and she did not know what to feel about it. Alpha Zane had stuck with her the entire night. . .and morning.

No. Not in that sense. He’d slept in the chair and she on the bed.

He’d helped her deliver her breakfast and her lunch, never asking her questions that would make her feel uncomfortable or vulnerable again. She was extremely grateful for it, though she would not tell him that. He didn’t need to know.

They would leave for the Hunt tomorrow and while Cassy still didn’t want to face the world, or anyone after what had happened last night, she knew she would have to leave the confines of her room eventually, to prepare for the trip.

There was still that dilemma of how she was going to avoid being taken by force and mated with. She wanted to at least choose the male she would be with for the rest of her life. After last night, she wanted nothing to do wit