"What happens now?" he asked, and the vulnerability in his tone made her chest ache, made her want to promise him things she wasn't sure she could deliver.
The question brought reality crashing back like cold water, and Laura stiffened slightly as she realized what she'd done, how completely she'd given herself to an Alpha, to everything she'd sworn she'd never do again after escaping Kieran's pack.
"I don't know," she admitted, her voice barely above a whisper, "but this doesn't change who I am, Dante, it doesn't change what I want or what I need."
His arms tightened around her, but he didn't argue or try to convince her otherwise, didn't try to claim her with words the way he'd claimed her with his body.
"And what is it you want, Laura?" he asked instead, like her answer actually mat
