I blinked. Shocked. Silent.
It had never occurred to me that he felt it too. That when I slid my fingers inside myself, whispering his name in the dark, he was somewhere doing the same thing.
Thinking of me.
Last night was eye-opening. At least knowing it was the bond made me feel a little better.
“Are you really going to let me go when this is over?” I asked tensely.
“Yes.” He released me. “I am. You can’t be part of my pack. Parker was the only one I trusted to protect you. I put Danny in charge, and I had to kill him not three weeks in.”
His words from last night rang like alarm bells in my head. Shock reverberated through me. “You really killed Danny?”
“For trying to r**e you? Yes.”
“H-How did you know?”
“Amelia, the wolf who caught you trying to escape, reported it. She knew
