“It’s not easy navigating through the Wild and the Shadow Lands. You should be grateful he went.” His tone became gruff and I realized how my comment must have sounded. “That’s not what I meant, I’m sorry. I’m enormously grateful to both of you, and I’m thrilled to hopefully learn my powers,” I offered softly. He rolled his head in my direction and our eyes met. The air around us electrified and his blue eyes gave off a subtle glow, jaw clenched tightly. I wondered if he would finally say something about this thing between us— each day we danced around the enormous elephant in the room, neither of us willing to be the one to call attention to it. Part of me desperately wanted to quit worrying and let myself get swept away in the lust. But I had already let myself give into that temptation
