~ LARK ~
When she looked back later, Lark would remember the following minutes as some of the most tense, the most embarrassing, the most titillating she’d ever lived.
“Give in,” Kenji had said. “Let yourselves give in—let them see the bond pulling at you. Make it obvious. And JP, when a male approaches her, let yourself fight that. Let the rest of us be your restraint.”
JP’s arm, already a steel bar, had turned to rock under her hand. “Kenji, the risk… I can’t let my wolf—”
“We’ve got this. Trust us,” Kenji said. “They need to see you both losing control—they need to be distracted by that. We’ll get you away—to another place in the house. Then, just like now, they’ll be waiting for you to leave.”
“They…. Wait, you’re going to make them think…?” Lark asked faintly.
“They’re going to
