Chapter 195: Chapter 195 - Kiema

I shook my head. The thought that that's all I'd been doing for the last three hours had hysterical laughter bubbling up from inside me.

Warm arms curled around me and lifted me onto my tiptoes into a huddle of my mates.

I've come too far to break now. I've come too far to break now.

I repeated the phrase over and over and over in my mind. Pushing everything else out until I could see a way forward.

A way through.

I sucked in a breath, held it until I felt like my lungs would burst, and then slowly exhaled.

"I'm so proud of you, honey. You're a warrior. You can do this," Saint said.

"I've never met anyone stronger than you, angel. You amaze me daily. You got this. We're here to help," Ransom said as he kissed my hair.

"Nobody better than my mouse," Kord said, a flush of color on his cheeks.

"Mouse?" I asked as I looked up at him, one eyebrow raised, a smile pulling at my lips.