e, sharp with thought but distant, guarded. Selene didn't press. She'd learned early in life tha

studying the angles of his face when he wasn't aware-how the lines around his eyes tightened when he was

the grief. Not the Alpha. Not the fi

t held her gaze for a few seconds longer tha

idn't

ight

ed for her cloak. Something in the cave felt too tig

stepped

rms and cleared the rot from the underbrush. She sat on the fl

but she felt him. A shift in t

right away. Just

n't loo

her hand while she screamed, and I lied to her. Told her the baby was

idn't in

for celebrating when they found out she was pregnant. I wanted someone

cracked.

him. Not with pit

to save her

lowly. "And

. He didn't pull away. His hand turned, met h

y more. She d

st not leavi

er fingers were cold and his breathing had evened out.

the fire. So

peak of his

between them w

lon

sha

how it

want or anythin

th bei

ing asked

w, like it understood that this time,

t touching him, not needing to. For the first tim

the cursed

athing beside a

li

l chose