I was on my feet again in an instant, Dirge my faithful shadow as I flung open the bathroom door a little too forcefully, slamming it into the wall by accident.
“Shay? Are you all right?” Brielle and Leigh were leaning against the wall, wearing matching expressions of worry. The men had left the room, giving us some privacy. But privacy wasn’t going to fix this.
I opened the door to see all three of the men standing in the hall and had to fight back the ridiculous urge to laugh at how similar they looked to Leigh and Brielle.
“Come in, please.” I waved them through the door, my throat tightening at the realization that I had a lot of talking to do, and the old familiar discomfort of speaking around men threatened to choke me.
But I couldn’t let it. These were my pack, my people. And ju
