Chapter 30
“Olivia.”
“Claw.”
Our audience of medical officials, special agents, and former pack mates was daunting. Even though it felt like a trick, I accepted his steadying hand and stepped down to join him outside.
The air here was warmer than it had been in the mountains. No, that increased temperature was coming from inside myself. Maybe the gradient was due to borrowed clothing...or to the proximity of Claw’s enticing heat.
I wanted to reach out and touch him. To make contact one last time before we were separated for good. But if Claw was hot now, he’d run cold five minutes later. In the interest of self-preservation, I nodded a curt farewell before turning toward home.
I didn’t make it very far. One step later, his hand came down upon the shoulder Adena hadn’t claimed, making
