Chapter 46
This kiss wasn’t a distraction to keep Gunner from noticing my magic. Nor was it a claiming on his part. Instead, it was a sharing, an acknowledgement that we were more than mere pack mates.
And, in response, an explosion of stars flared behind my eyelids. The air filled with so much electricity I almost expected a lightning strike. This, right here, was as natural as breathing. I couldn’t imagine why I’d fled from it for so long.
Then Gunner was pushing away from me, calling Tank toward him. “Take them back to the city. Protect them. Don’t let either Mai or Kira out of your sight.”
“Yes, pack leader.” Tank’s tone was so respectful he might as well have prostrated himself atop the b****y grass between us. And any thought I’d had of arguing that Gunner needed his faithful sec
