The silence after Kieran's words felt louder than the horns had.
No one spoke.
No one moved.
The entire village seemed frozen.
Waiting.
Watching.
Trying to understand what had just happened.
I was trying to understand it too.
Because something had happened.
I felt it.
The warmth that had rushed through me when Kieran spoke hadn't faded completely.
It lingered.
Faint.
Like the last glow of a dying ember.
My wolf paced restlessly.
Interested.
Focused.
On him.
Kieran stood exactly where he had been moments before.
Yet somehow everything felt different.
The space between us felt charged.
Dangerous.
My pulse refused to settle.
Elyra watched both of us with infuriating amusement.
The expression immediately put me on edge.
She knew something.
Of course she did.
Everyone
