Chapter 335: Here

~ ZEV ~

Zev's heart wanted to shatter into a thousand pieces, shards that would tinkle to the floor and stick in his skin when he was forced to walk over them.

He cleared his throat and forced himself to calm down.

"I would never ask you to return to the human world," Zev said with quiet authority to the female that was staring at him, her eyes pleading. "This is your home. You're here and we're going to protect you. Please, rest. We won't send you back. Ever."

The female began to cry, but she smiled and thanked him. Zev shook his head.

The females thought he'd made them go to the human world? Was that how the team had convinced them?

Suddenly all the things he'd considered that had driven those days three years ago looked different. Was it possible the team had truly convinced the females that he'd called for them to be taken?

The thought turned his stomach.