The thought of everything that needed done, combined with the new event of the trial, threatened to overwhelm me. One thing at a time.
I stayed there for a moment longer, in Rhett’s warm embrace. He was safe and comforting. I can’t stay here forever. My family might be a mess, but staying here won’t fix anything. I have things to do, and so does he. We need to know what the beast is, and I have to get ready to make the portal door.
But there’s something I have to do first.
I pulled myself away from him and wiped my eyes. He gave me a strained smile. “Do you want to stay in here? You could help me figure out what I’m going to say.”
“That sounds nice, but there’s something I have to go do. There’s someone I’ve been thinking about since we started helping the pack, and now that we’re stay
