t move out o

d as immovable as the old boundary stones behind him, and Seren

thing to say, say

said e

n me warnings. T

stand what you'r

explai

can

ou wo

ence re

arm-not hard enough to injure, but firmly enough to stop

t g

en to

ou for years. It hasn

was not as simple a

ds stop

st seemed to fall away. Seren heard

oes tha

if he regretted speaking. "It means you should leave th

ely above a whisper. "You kne

was lookin

you going t

d somethin

had si

"I was not Alpha

ill expect me to accept what

walk into danger be

veryone keeps decidi

e shoved his hand away. The movement was quick and careless.

t her by

the uneven rhythm of his breathing. His hand was braced against he

e world

t a sudden, impossible recognition. It spread through her like warmth rushin

went

ad burned him. His silver eyes widened, an

" he

a step ba

had always felt with her pack. It came from him. A thread had drawn tight betw

ed it before her

a

nside her with te

head. "No. That

struck him. For the first time since she h

on't feel it,"

id no

iv

moved. "I

llowed out the s

perhaps the kind of acceptance she had spent years pretending she did not want. She had never imagined standing i

o her chest. "There

awa

ly stung. "You don't hav

tightened. "I d

dn't ne

through the wet trees, carrying the news that something had shifted in the Alpha's wor

d towards th

d to go

de you as if this is s

pack will fe

t t

w what they'll

her d

lpha's composure slipped. Beneath it was

e mask

we understand wh

s breath. "You still thin

ou should

not the s

tter how quickly she walked, she could feel him behind her-his presence, h

nd had

n ha