Chapter 79

Troy

My heart plummeted into my stomach when I saw Quinn sitting in the window. It was her favourite spot, and usually it didn’t bother me, but the window was open and she leaned far out, only holding onto the frame by her fingertips.

For a moment, the memory of my mother running past me and jumping out of the highest tower’s window flashed before my eyes and I froze, my limbs heavy, unable to move my body forward.

Quinn leaned over a little further, her fingertips sliding across the window frame as she started to lose her grip.

I shook myself out of the memory and rushed to my mate. I wrapped my arms around her middle, and pulled her into the room, holding her firmly against me as I folded her arms across her chest, pinning her to me. “What are you doing?”

“It’s just a game I like to play.”

“You’re tempting The Fates.”

“I don’t believe in them.” She squirmed against me, pushing against my forearms as she tried to get out of my grip.

I let her go and just to be safe, closed the