I shook my head and then went about the business of getting ready after a quick scratch behind Dirge’s ears. I had a hard time looking him in the eye after the night I had, but otherwise, things between us slipped back into the same routine we’d had before I asked Gael to escort him to my room last night.
He followed me out when it was time for breakfast, and I didn’t argue. If last night had shown me anything, it was that while it might be painful to hold on to a mate who wasn’t actively choosing me… I still wasn’t ready to let him go.
Clearly.
Knocking on Leigh’s door only got me a grouchy “Go away until lunch.” So I moved on down to Brielle and Kane’s. I wouldn’t have known it was theirs—they’d left the gathering last night hours before I had—except Reed was stationed outside it.
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