Plans To Rescue Mia

JAVIER

Watching Mia collapse in that ritual circle took my breath away, I could not breathe because I thought for a moment that she was dead.

All the questions came rushing back, why didn't I stop her from carrying out this crazy plan? What was I thinking letting her go ahead with it? Was this the price of being a supportive mate?

I should have been as stubborn as Ivan, if both of us had held out long enough, maybe we would have been able to convince her to back out but even as I thought so, I didn't buy it.

"Javier, snap out of it," Ivan said, perfectly reading my emotions and train of thought, "She is still alive, this is not the time to freeze up. This is the time for action."

"It's not safe to enter into the ritual circle yet, stay out of it for now," Bastien warned, a worried look on his face.

"This is all your fault, you talked her into doing this," I said, grabbing Bastien by his shirt collar.

"Mia is a grown woman, I didn't talk her into anything, I presented her options a