Lying on Vanessa’s living room floor in one of her plush pink robes, I grabbed a strawberry from the bowl between us and stared up at the ceiling fan spinning in circles. All I could think about since the moment I’d arrived was Roman and Kylo, alone, at the pack house.
alone“So,” Vanessa said, pouring herself some more white wine. Dressed in a silky black robe, she lay back down next to me and rested her head on my shoulder. “What’s a secret that you’ve never told anyone, even Roman?”
The wine hit me hard, making me just a bit woozy. “I don’t have many secrets.”
She rolled onto her stomach. “Oh, come on. I’m sure that you have something.”
“There’s nothing.” I rolled onto my tummy, too, and sipped my wine. “Noth-ing.”
Vanessa curled a finger around a strand of my brown hair and release
