TonyaTwo days had passed and still my thoughts circled endlessly around Ezra. Why had he come? Why did he touch me like that? And why did it feel like I’d been struck by lightning when he did? With Zeke, I felt tingles in my body, and an undeniable attraction. But with Ezra, I didn’t know what it was. Even now, my skin still burned from where Ezra’s hand had grasped my wrist. I had washed my skin over there, trying to scrub off the sensation in order to forget the heat, the tingles, the terrifying way my heart had reacted like it was thundering inside. But the sensation clung to me like glue.The head cook, Eden, finally came in the morning, knocking on my door. “You can come out now.” She opened the door from outside and said, “You can join the kitchen duties from today.”As I stood in the kitchen, my legs trembled beneath me. I drifted into the kitchen, going straight to the sink. I didn’t talk or smile. I just cleaned, chopped, stirred, and thought of him. His golden eyes. His fur
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