ot going away from my thoughts. Every stride back to the den drew me towards the trut

ed in her green eyes. Her heat when I h

ards the key card in my pocket. It was leverage

enable that to happen. My pack included everyth

chy: sirens in the distance, muted arguments pouring out of open windows, the buzz of a

by survival and desperation, not simply a collection of waswolves. However, toda

ard with a mixed-relief and tired look. Lean yet muscular,

key card and threw it across th

ertainties that lingered in their eyes was not eliminated. They

d, my voice calm, demanding. "C

annoyed tone. He's not going to quit. You're awa

owering. Milo flinched, but I lowasd my voice be

be incorrect. Cain's threat was a noose tightening around every

nd I turned to see the youngest pack member, Lily. Her

was heavier than I could have let on. There would not b

op with a city view. Sharp, the wind carried the smell of ra

er voice, harsh and uncompromising, wantin

my mask, nor to run across her. What she made m

t sound behind me. He moved deliberately and with weight. He

d, he remarked s

m g

o me, looking out over the city

od me too well; denial of it

ing proble

ow

e daughter of

re of it

re here. Cain's breath down our necks, and you're... what? Consid

said, my voice sharper than I wa

ng farther. Rather, he looked at me with equal parts

iated the quiet that followed. But his comments s

ay I canno

erciless power controlled my existenc

ction, I found myself on high alert a

aroma of her perfume assaulted

her shoulders, her face austere as she asked someone. She was

go. Should have kept in the

e I could stop

e. She seemed surprised for a single second, then

ce low and laced with steel.

red, throwing her a

line, then she moved

he brink of my pleasure. "You d

know you

aused my wolf to rise once more

or a while we simply gazed at one another, the su

head. Back off. Her voice colder n

she turned and left. Still, one thi

nning to ling

rmed me she was no