With Connor’s return, I felt as though a crushing weight had been lifted from my spirit. We remained locked in each other’s warmth, the scent of pine and rain grounding me, until Zephaniah’s impatient howl from the drive forced us apart."Go on. Once I’ve washed away the scent of the road, I have to report to the high council," Connor said, his voice a low, soothing vibration.I nodded, my previous anxieties dissolving like mist under a sun-shift. Before the bond with Connor, I had been tethered to Blake for years, but the sensation had never been like this. It felt as though my very heartbeat was threaded to Connor’s; whenever he stepped into danger, the cord tugged sharply at my soul.Knowing my manager was waiting, I pulled away from his heat and descended the stairs.Outside the Vale Hills Estate, Zephaniah sat in the darkened transport. Now that I was an elite of the Vale Media Group, the pack treated me with the reverence due a Luna.As I climbed inside, Zephaniah slid the door
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