SERA
Kade's hand held mine as we walked away from where Marcus had just disappeared with Maya limping beside him.
"That was interesting," I said. "Marcus practically carried her, he tucked her hair behind her ear."
Kade stopped walking and looked at me, "he what?"
"When they were walking, I saw it." I grinned, "your second in command has it bad."
"Marcus doesn't have anything bad, he's just being helpful."
"Keep telling yourself that."
We started walking again towards the quieter side of the compound where fewer wolves gathered. The sun was dropping and the air had that cool edge that came with evenings. Kade's thumb were tracing circles at the back of my hand.
"How long do you think before one of them does something about it?" I asked.
"Marcus? Never. He'll look for excuses to be
