These were all good things to know, but I didn’t feel any better about the upcoming eclipse. If anything, I worried Abi might need to take me down so I didn’t hurt Fenris, and the last thing I wanted to do was fight my best friend again. She still felt a lot of guilt for trying to drown me while under Sabine’s control, no matter how many times I told her it wasn’t her fault.
Suddenly Fenris’s scent filled my nose, and I only had seconds to process the familiar warmth of wood smoke and cinnamon before he leaned down to kiss my cheek. I paused, standing still at the workbench as he pressed his chest against my back, one hand on my hip while the other settled into the bench top.
“I could practically feel your stress out in the hallway,” he murmured, moving to brush a few strands of hair awa
