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My heart cracks.
It doesn’t make a sound physically, but it hurts.
Hearing my best friend in pain is the most horrible thing in the world. Knowing that he’s hurting and there’s nothing I can do about it is absolutely awful. For a minute, I start to panic. If Wilson is crying, I need to comfort him, but I just don’t know how.
Then I remember when I came to him.
He took me in.
He believed in me when nobody else could.
He was the one who worked to have Sabrina brought here.
He went above and beyond for me, and now I’m going to do the same thing for him.
I grab Wilson and I pull him close, giving him the bro-hug of a lifetime.
“Hey, everything’s going to be okay.”
“It’s not,” he shakes his head. “We were so close to losing.”
“But we didn’t lose,” Sabrina says. “You did it, baby. You saved the dragons. You saved Fablestone.”
“It took a team,” he says, and I know it’s true.
Finding Lucky was a team effort that took a very, very long time. It all started with Cameron’s sister escaping from a Lucky facility and then it spiraled out of control. Over time, we’ve found out more and more information about these fuckers and everything they’ve done to the people of Fablestone and in the shifter world in general.
Me?
They took me.
They captured me and tortured me and hurt me, and I feel absolutely no sadness to know that the woman responsible for hurting me is dead.
In fact, it makes me feel downright pleased, and for the first time in a very long time, I feel free. This is something I haven’t felt in months. Maybe even in years. I feel free and I feel safe, and I feel an overwhelming sense of comfort and wonder.
Everything is going to be wonderful after this. Oh, our relationship is going to be tricky. A dragon, a tiger, and a human won’t manage a long-term relationship without endless work and effort. There will be fights and tears and hurt feelings, but as long as we’re in this together, everything’s going to be okay.
And it’s comforting to me to know that Wilson didn’t just protect the clan.
He didn’t just protect his bride.
He protected me.
His friend.
Despite everything he’s gone through, he fought to save me, and that’s something truly fantastic.
“You had a good team,” she agrees.
“The best.”
“Did everyone make it back okay?”
“All in perfect condition,” he says. “Except me.”
“You still can’t shift,” she says, and it’s a statement: not a question.
“Nope.”
