Jess found herself in a quandary as Hunter posed his question. How could she possibly return to a home that had treated her so poorly, a home that had callously sold her out? What awaited her if she were to go back? If she truly was alive, then she counted herself fortunate, but the prospect of returning felt akin to willingly stepping into the lion’s den or the mouth of a lion. In other words, she would be asking for death on a silver platter.
On the other hand, staying with Hunter seemed like the more sensible choice. Despite his extraordinary claims – of being alive despite all evidence to the contrary, of transforming into a wolf, he had, undeniably, saved her life — he offered a refuge that felt infinitely safer and more welcoming than anything she had experienced before. His home ex
