"I know," I breathed. "But it's the only way." "I don't like that you'll be going, period. I like having you here. Believe it or not, you're much better company than Grady." Archer laughed, such a light, effortless sound. "That ray of sunshine? I don't believe it." I grinned but it didn't stick for long. "I have to go, though, Archer. But I hope that this won't be the last time I see you." "Me too." He leaned in and grazed his lips across mine, hardly a touch at all, but enough to charge my heart into double-time. My first kiss with a wolf shifter. My first kiss period. It had both scattered my thoughts and sharpened them around this moment in time. Despite my inexperience, I knew how the basics worked from some of the books Jade had charmed the librarian in Margin into checking out,

