“Why did you have me come along?” A cruel smile. “It would’ve been a crime not to.” Saeris rolled her eyes. “Thorold demanded I bring you,” he added after a beat, more serious now. “And I figured you’d want to come too, considering it’s why you came to the North in the first place… unless you’ve started forgetting.” She could never forget. She’d been branded foolish more than once for chasing the impossible—but forgetting? “So—” The word lodged in her throat. A way to reclaim her wolf, her scent, her place … and then she’d return to her pack— “Hopefully,” he said quietly, “his reason for seeing you benefits the both of us.” Then came that smirk…sensual, taunting, wicked enough to unravel things inside her she didn’t dare name. “I wouldn’t

