Kiana
I kept my back to Troy when he returned and pretended to be asleep. We both knew it wasn’t true, but he quietly stretched out behind me and laid a hand on my hip. I almost gave him a warning growl, but his touch did help settle my wolf. Her anxiety at being alone on Thornston’s land was suffocating.
I hated how he made me feel. Calm. Centered.
Desperate. Needy.
Fucking furious.
The man gave me whiplash, and now, I had his kiss to haunt me. His real kiss. Not just the ones I sometimes had in my dreams.
Somehow, with him behind me, I managed to slip off into sleep. I had no idea how much had passed before my wolf’s panic had been bolting upright.
Next to me, Troy had already started to pull me against him when a blade shredded the tent, and Thornston’s face loomed near. He was s
