“Thank you,” I said, finally breaking eye contact with Leigh to look up at my pack mates. “For everything.” Brielle was slumped against Kane’s chest, exhaustion evident in every line of her body, but she was still smiling, content.
“You’re welcome. That’s what pack’s for, right?”
“Right,” I murmured, drawn back to Leigh like a mosquito to a bug zapper.
I didn’t ask, though I probably should have. I scooped her up off that yoga mat, holding her close to soothe my wolf. She didn’t say a word, just looped her arms around my neck and rested her head on my shoulder. And something about that acceptance, that trust cut me off at the knees. I wasn’t at all sure that I’d earned it, but I was damn sure going to spend the rest of my life earning it.
She was mine, and I was hers, and I was never g
