AESIR Lani stared at me like I had grown two heads. I could see the judgment in her eyes, and the disdain slowly swirling in those beautiful, mismatched eyes. “You were scared of what I would mean to you, and your next course of action was to take my virginity that evening and leave me to fend for myself?” She asked, her voice strained. “I… that wasn’t…” Telling her that wasn’t me would come off as denial, as if I were making excuses for my actions without wanting to take full accountability for what I had done. But that isn’t what I wanted. “I felt guilty for the way I had treated you. My first reaction to you, to the bond, despite how excited my wolf had been—I had felt that excitement too, for a moment, but the fear took over, and it wasn’t any fault of yours. I came to you because

