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I remember the way her mouth parted and her eyes grew dark with desire after I gave her my shirt to wear. I was so close to her that I could taste her peppermint perfume in the air. Sweet as candy.

God, that lucky bastard. I would’ve given anything to lean forward and close that tiny distance between us and actually taste her.

“We also slept together in her bed last night,” he continues.

Fucking hell. I’d hack off my left arm to do that.

“Was she comfortable with everything that happened?” Archer asks.

“Yeah, of course,” Kane answers. “I never would’ve done anything to push her. She was the one in charge of everything that happened.”

“Just had to double check, I know you’d never push, it’s just this is quite fast considering everything she’s been through.”

Archer has a good point, it’s only been a couple of days since we found her practically half-naked in the snow at the train yard.

“I was surprised, too,” Kane admits. “But trust me, I made sure she told me everything she wanted to happen.”

“Awesome, now that we’ve got all that settled,” Chase says, practically bouncing on his toes. “Spill the tea on how in the world everything happened?”

Kane’s expression shifts and he grimaces. “She came down latelast night looking for some food. I got it for her and showed her my library and… and some of my mom’s old books.”

It feels like all the air has been sucked out of the room. That library is a sacred place for Kane. The only people allowed in there are us and one of the housekeepers who knew his parents. And none of us are allowed to touch his mom’s bookshelf.

The fact he seemingly casually gave Luna access to that is crazy. It tells us a lot about how Kane feels about her.

“I ended up falling asleep in there, which I really didn’t expect.”

Kane usually doesn’t sleep more than power naps until his body starts shutting down and he borderline passes out.

“I ended up having one of those dreams,” Kane continues, scrubbing a hand down his face. “And she managed to wake me up.”

“What?” I can’t keep the word from slipping out of my mouth. Watching Kane go through one of his nightmares is probably one of the worst things ever, but I know firsthand how crazy he can be when he’s woken up by someone else.

I’m a big guy. Strongest in the pack, if we’re measuring physical strength. And it took everything I had to keep him from hurting himself or others more than he had. That anger directed at someone as small and helpless as an already-hurt omega makes my brain short-circuit.

Especially when I remember that Luna is safe, in one piece, and completely untouched upstairs.

“She—She managed to pull me out of it.” He meets all of our gazes straight on. “I didn’t hurt her.”

“Holy shit,” Chase says under his breath.

“How did you feel?” Archer asks, his voice uncharacteristically soft. Those two have probably known each other the longest. Archer knew Kane’s parents and knows firsthand how hard losing them the way he did was.

“It—It was shocking. I was scared at first and so confused… But she managed to keep me grounded. I—I told her about my parents.”

Kane always has a plan. He always seems so self-assured and confident, especially to a guy like me who doesn’t really feel that way. But right now, he looks almost shy.

“She knows everything and she still kissed me.” Kane smiles as he looks down at the floor, as if he can’t help but smile when remembering the moment they shared together. “And when I slept in her bed with her, I didn’t have any of those dreams. Best night of sleep I’ve had since… since everything happened.”

Archer walks over to Kane, slapping a heavy hand onto his shoulder and pulling him into a tight hug.

“God, I’m so happy for you,” Archer says, pulling away from the quick embrace.

“Yeah, man! Holy shit! I was expecting good news but this is fucking amazing!” Chase says, jumping up to his feet.

“She just feels so… right, you know? I never expected to find an omega like her,” Kane says, accepting Chase’s quick embrace.

“Same,” I say, squeezing Kane’s shoulder. “It’s like she’s perfect for us.”