Chapter 116
Kaeleen's POV
The hallway outside our bedroom became my cage. The soft click of the door closing was the loudest sound I had ever heard, a final, definitive barrier between my world of physical power and the ethereal battle being waged for my mate's soul. I was the Alpha of the Emerald Glade pack, a being of claws, teeth, and command, yet in this hushed, sterile corridor, I was nothing. Utterly, terrifyingly useless.
I began to pace. Three steps to the end of the runner, turn, three steps back. The motion was a desperate attempt to burn off the useless energy coiling in my muscles, the rage and fear that had nowhere to go. Each turn brought me back to face that closed door. From beneath it, I could smell the faint, alien scent of burning herbs and hear the low, melodic murmur of Leilani's chanting. It was a language I didn't understand, for a fight I couldn't join, to save the woman who was the center of my universe.
