Clara's POV His hands on my skin were softer than I had imagined. I did not want to believe at first but it was now my reality. I never knew that the once hard man who commanded a Pack could be this soft towards me, he held me like I was his child, like he did not want me running away from him. This was someone who never saw me as anything. I loved every feeling that it gave to me. " We should stay this way for a long time" he whispered into my ears. " I do love it, and yes, we should remain this way," I said. He clung to me like a second skin. Anna was right; she asked me to put on those things to get him, and it worked out so well. " I need to attend to the elders, but they will have to wait for me or let me cancel," he said. I smiled where I was, under his arms. This was

