8 ASHER I was completely derailed by this beautiful, broken omega who smelled of fresh peaches. This morning, the only thing on my mind had been the job. Now, I was tempted to ditch today's priorities to focus solely on Jesse. If it had been just me, I would have. But I had a team depending on me. "We need to get this splinted before we do anything else. Do you have any rope?" "Caspar might, in the cave." For a moment, I wondered who Caspar was, and then my eyes landed on the giant bear. I'd practically forgotten about him, which was a feat in and of itself, but my focus had been on Jesse. Looking at him, smelling him, listening to him was like being trapped in an enchantment, and I wasn't sure I had quite broken out of it. That was unsettling, but even more unsettling was how okay wit

