Chapter Sixteen

The pinch in her chest caused Elyssa to pull away from Zuker’s embrace. She turned away from him, massaging her chest with a grunt.

“What’s wrong?” Zuker held her face, his brown eyes roving over her in concern, and she almost giggled.

“I am not sure.”

It felt foreign and yet as if her heart were hurting; like she was intercepting someone else’s pain.

Elyssa looked around the beach and adjusted her robe before saying, “Let’s go.”

Since none of the labyrinth walls had opened up for them in a while, she suspected it meant to keep them here until sunrise.

Zuker nodded and took her hand as he continued down the beach. Her fingers wove into his, and she noticed when he glanced at her. Elyssa kept her gaze fixed ahead, avoiding any eye contact with him. Her repeated request for Zuker to not pursue her have gone unheeded, and Zuker was one of the most persistent wolves she’d ever met. For her, the idea that he loved her made no sense when she