Athena had come braced for a fight. For rejection. For a really obnoxious I told you so. But Logan didn’t do any of that. Because that wasn’t who he was. Thank God.
So why wasn’t she already kissing him?
Sensing her hesitation, Logan skimmed a hand up her spine. “Did we forget something?”
“No. I just…this feels different.”
“Different bad?”
“Different huge. Different scary.” How could she explain to him that this was like taking her first steps in a whole new body because she was…someone other than she’d always been.
“I’m right here with you. No more facing the scary stuff alone.”
Could she really do that? She’d been her own protector for longer than she could remember. Could she really trust him with this?
He drew her in and laid his lips over hers. They both sighed, and she felt h
