[Cillian’s POV]The ride down the mountain was a descent into pure, waking agony.Every single time the massive warhorse’s hooves struck the freezing earth, a fresh wave of blinding, sickening pain ripped through my chest. The deep, jagged wounds where I had buried my own claws into my flesh were completely open. My hot blood flowed freely, soaking through my torn shirt, saturating my heavy fur coat, and spilling down my freezing legs in thick, steaming rivers.My vision kept swimming, the edges of the dark forest blurring into absolute blackness. My massive body swayed dangerously in the leather saddle. I was bleeding out, and I knew it. My inner wolf was frantically pacing in my mind, clawing at the inside of my skull, howling as my organs slowly began to shut down from the cold.But I refused to close my eyes. I refused to die.If I dropped the reins, if my arms went slack for even a single pathetic second, my mate pressed against my chest would slip and fall onto the ice.I bit do
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