KAEL She stayed silent. When I drove into her, hard enough to make the bed jump against the floor, she still didn’t stop me. She didn’t ask me to slow down or pull back. After two more orgasms tore through her, leaving her shaking beneath me, release hit hard and I spilled inside her with a rough sound I couldn’t hold back. My body trembled as I collapsed on top of her. After a moment, I shifted and pulled her close, fitting her against my chest. That night was the only time I ever held her like that. She didn’t move away. “Tell me about your brother,” she said softly. “Liora talks about him like he was a lover. Others speak of him as an alpha. I don’t know what it feels like to have family who cares. If I died on this mountain, no one would mourn me.” My eyes closed. If she died on

