Blaire lifted onto her tiptoes and kissed me once more, her sweet scent sliding over my skin like silk. I tangled my fingers into the length of her dark hair and kissed her back. I knew she was safe with the pack, safer than the rest of us would be shortly. None of us knew what we were walking into, and normally that wouldn't bother me, but now that I had Blaire, it did. Marcus yelled something at us from the edge of the tree line, but I ignored him, deepening our kiss because I hated to be away from her. With the dragon wanting her so badly, my wolf felt reluctant to leave her. The dragon was hell-bent on claiming her, and it cut me deep. "Luther," she said, pulling away. "I'll be fine. I'm here with an entire pack of wolves. I'll be right here waiting for you when you make it back. A

