~ CASIMIR ~
I found myself laying in the grass of the clearing where I'd brought Jesse. I wasn't sure how I'd gotten here- in my wolf?- but when I sat up I felt… strange.
My body felt shaky, but under my skin. Like I'd spent every ounce of energy I had.
Yet, for the first time I could remember I was oddly calm. And right alongside the bond in my chest- that brittle, cold thread that still connected me to Jesse- was a tiny ball of warmth.
Hope.
For the first time in a very, very long time, I had hope.
I began to smile until my traitorous mind immediately began to ask all the questions- how I would ever make it up to Jesse. How I could ever follow a righteous God when I was so dark.
How to convince my mate to forgive me when she had no reason to trust me ever again.
