I lay still, the warmth of Henry’s body wrapped around me like a cloak, his arms tightening protectively. The faint glow of the moon filtered through the leaves above, casting silver streaks across our bare skin. The forest had grown silent, as if holding its breath after everything that had just happened. The pleasure, the passion, the calm after chaos.

I should have been afraid, considering all that had happened. The looming danger of Alpha Ryan, the betrayal from the pack I once called ...