XANDER
Let’s be honest: I already knew Kat’s reaction would be a shocked, solid no. So, when that exact reaction inevitably shattered the silence of the room, my wolf and I were fully prepared to take the blow.
"Are you... are you completely out of your mind?!" Kat exclaimed after a few long seconds of stunned silence. She stared at me in total, unadulterated disbelief, her beautiful eyes practically popping out of her head.
"As far as I'm aware, my brain is still inside my head."
"Then you just had a stroke," she declared, shaking her head. "A neurological catastrophe. I’m calling an ambulance. And Bruce. And Dad."
"Kat, come on," I sighed. "Listen to me. I know this is a bit uncommon—"
"Uncommon?!" she fired back so violently a few loose strands of hair escaped her French twist. "A
