He’s a strategist. A ruler. A weapon.
And he’s mine.
Jack turns to me, sensing my gaze. He brushes a knuckle softly along my cheek 71 be right back. I need to handle this personally
Inod, reluctantly letting go of his hand. “Go. funderstand.”
He brushes his lips lightly over my forehead and disappears through the door with that predator’s grace he always carries.
remain there, standing in the moonlight, gazing out over the pack that once treated me like nothing. The cool night air brushes against my skim as I lean on the balcony, inhaling deeply. It’s the only thing tonight that doesn’t reek of rot or betrayal–just clean, crisp air, faintly laced with pine and moonlight I close my eyes and let it settle over me.
But then… footsteps.
1 don’t need to turn around to know who it is. I knew that scent–warm, lavender, and a little like old books. My mother
I turn slowly, and there she is, arms folded, a gende smile tugging at her lips.
“I didn’t want to interrupt the moment you were having with your mate,” she teases. “You two looked….. very much in love.”
My cheeks instantly flush, and I fidget, locking away with a huff of a laugh “Mom.”
“What?” she says, stepping closer, nudging my shoulder. Tm just calling it like I see it.”
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