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Wolfe pulled back first. Just enough to break the seal of our mouths. His breath hitched against mine.

“This isn’t the right time,” he said, his voice unsteady.

“I know.”

I stepped away, and he let me. Because if he didn’t, I wouldn’t, and we’d be fucking on the bedroom floor, and he was right, this wasn’t the right time for this.

It wasn’t the right time forus.

A firm knock sounded outside, and Wolfe’s glare at the front of the house made me smile.

I reached out for his hand, and he took it readily. “Don’t do anything too radical while I’m gone?”

“I promise I won’t burn the druid at the stake.”

A burst of surprised laughter escaped me. “Oh, Goddess, I don’t fancy your chances against a fight with the druid.”

“Me neither.” Wolfe quickly ran his eyes over me. “Where’s my shirt?”

“I ripped it off.”

His top lip curled upward. “Hurry back so I can rip everything off.”

Heat bloomed between us, and we both took a step forward.

“Rowen!” Killian called sharply. “Let’s move out, soldier, daylight’s wasting.”

I grabbed my small pile of clothes and hurried out of the room. Killian stood with an open backpack, and Axel stood beside him.

“In here.” When I put my clothes in, he tightened the backpack and then, in swift, efficient movements, he stripped.

His large brown wolf stood patiently while Axel attached the pack to a harness, and then both looked away, and I took that as my signal to shift, wondering at the strangeness.

I shed my clothes and then shed my human form.

Killian didn’t wait to see if I was ready; he just took off running, and I raced after him.

I didn’t look back.

Chapter 6

Wolfe

You better beright about this.

Killian’s last words before he was too far out of reach echoed in my head as I walked back to the pack hall. I hoped I was too.

Axel fell into step beside me, his hands in his pockets, his gaze never resting for long as he searched the perimeter repeatedly.

“Say it,” I murmured as we walked.

Played out as we expected, he said with admiration.You were right on who would finally speak up too.

I nodded.He was always the most outspoken when I was here. Time hasn’t changed him, only made him blunter.

Your mate’s not happy, Axel reminded me.

My mate hasn’t been happy since I walked back into the Hollow.