Milrac's povHis name was Cassian.He arrived with the coalition delegation three days after the Council meeting — the scarred lead alpha had finally come himself as I'd asked, bringing six wolves as representation. Cassian was one of them.Tall, dark-haired, the kind of face that knew exactly what it was doing at all times. A scholar's hands and a fighter's posture, which was an unusual combination that suggested someone who had spent time being underestimated and had learned to use it.He walked into the inner courtyard and his eyes found Ava immediately.Not the way eyes find someone dangerous.The way eyes find someone interesting.I felt it through the bond — not Cassian's awareness, I couldn't feel him — but Ava's. The slight shift of being looked at with that specific quality of attention. The way she registered it and filed it without attaching anything to it.I attached something to it.The bond carried my reaction before I'd consciously formed it — a low, quiet heat that had
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