A million reasons, and I'm sure if I told you even one, you would stop
"My grandparents are here. And not just that, things are bad. So bad that I can't leave."
He smooths wet hair from my face before he turns to press me under the tree, so I'm avoiding most of the rain. "Bad enough that you haven't been eating, and yet you still want to stay?"
"No, not want to. I have to stay. I have to help." "Cassia, love…"
"No, Lucian. Someone has to stop the alpha here."
Even if it costs me my life to do it.
He steps into me, so close I can feel that he wants me again, and even though arousal stirs at the thought of making love, I wrestle those thoughts away.
"You're pregnant. You need to think about you."
It's tempting. It's oh so tempting to take Lucian's hand and let him lead me away to safety, back to Winter Lake, and forget all about Nolan and this pack.
But I can't.
