I knock once on Lior’s door before pushing it open, my arms full of pack reports and territory updates.
The room smells like leather and fresh parchment, a comforting mix I’ve come to associate with him.
He’s seated at his desk, but the moment I step in, he straightens like he’s been waiting on edge all day.
“There she is,” he says, grinning in that charming, boyish way of his that makes my stomach flutter against my will. “I thought you’d never come.”
I feel my heart leap into my throat. We haven't seen each other for almost a week, I think. Since the day at the cabin on the mountains.
Since the kiss.
It means that I've had time to unravel and put myself together...for the most part.
I laugh softly. “You literally asked me to come ten minutes ago.”
“Ten very long minutes,” he mu
