All the air in the room went still. The pressure building in my head and chest seeped right out as I realized what I said. I felt my arms go slack as my wolf finally settled down back inside me.

A heavy silence filled the room. I tried to focus my breathing, but the more I breathed the more I smelled the sweat collecting at my head, the spilled gravy from the tray I slammed, the scent of him all around me. It was all too much.

“What did you say?” I slowly picked my ...