Chapter 43 The next morning was awkward as hell. Mason and I stood outside his destroyed office, both of us pretending like we hadn't almost brought down the entire pack house with a single kiss. The maintenance crew was already at work, but the cracks in the walls were so extensive they'd basically have to rebuild the whole room. "So,” I said, kicking at a piece of fallen plaster. “That happened.” “That happened,” Mason agreed, his voice carefully neutral. We hadn't talked about the kiss. Or his confession. Or the fact that my emotional meltdown had literally cracked the foundation of the building we were standing in. Honestly? I had no idea where to start. "We need to work on your control,” Mason said finally, switching into Alpha mode like that could make everything less complic

