Kali
The smell of bacon woke me, but I didn’t open my eyes immediately. I woke up extremely well-rested, which hadn’t happened in weeks, and I wasn’t alone. He was here.
For the first time since he’d come for me, I felt the ache in my chest of something missing in the quiet of this morning. I felt the absence of what I should be feeling—the warmth, the tingling, the comfort, the excitement.
But it had been ripped away. Odd that I could miss something I only had for a few hours. Instead, there was a bond to strange wolves running through me.
And Trick was in my room.
“I know that you’re awake. Eat.”
Trick was still mad. I didn’t hate it, but I also didn’t want to deal with it. I debated just closing my eyes, rolling over, and ignoring him until he left, but my belly rumbled, giving me
