*Alec*

“Why don’t you join me?” the shifter who looked remarkably like Ember asked.

I gaped at him for a moment, trying to parse out what was going on.

“Don’t worry, I won’t bite,” he joked pleasantly before checking to see if the rabbit was done.

I rolled my eyes at the comment, but decided to play along and see what happened. After all, this stranger had waltzed directly into the center of our ...