I read the text seven times.
*You really think he just found out about her on his own?*
The gala. Three weeks ago. The Kensington Foundation benefit. I almost didn’t go. Mia’s sitter fell through and Alex said *just bring her, she’ll charm the room*, and she did, and I was holding champagne when the bond slammed awake after six years of silence like a defibrillator to the chest.
Nick was across the room. I felt him before I saw him. Then his eyes found Mia and something went through his entire body — he locked, unlocked, and I watched the math happen behind his face. Six years. The curls. Her grey eyes. His grey eyes.
He sensed her wolf. That’s what he told me later, after the confrontation in the hallway with Alex standing behind me like a wall. He said her wolf called to his. Said he
