“You’re alright, love.”
I managed a watery smile. “I’m fine. We should keep going.”
He nodded, pressing one soft kiss to the corner of my mouth — just enough to seal the moment before stepping back so the last few pack members could make their pledges.
The last pledges felt like the final stitches of something vast being sewn into place.
By the time the final pair of hands released mine, I was trembling from the weight of it all — not in fear, but in awe. Even Sekhmet was still prowling in my chest, purring like she’d found her den at last.
And then Kyle was there.
I hadn’t even seen him cross the floor, but suddenly his hand was around mine — warm, calloused, certain. He didn’t speak right away. His gaze was a weight, hot and deliberate, sliding over my face like he was committing e
