Ezra “Would you like to go with me to the human town?” I asked her in the middle of the week. The murmurs still lingered. So with all the tension in the pack, I wanted to take her away to some place where only the two of us existed. Her mouth dropped in wonder. “I’d love to! But is that allowed?” Goddess, she was so naive. I wanted to pick her up in my arms and say that everything was allowed for her. When did I become so mushy? “Get ready,” I said. “We’ll be leaving after lunch.” I wanted to show my world to Tonya. Wanted to show the kind of money, the leverage, and stuff I owned. And of course, I wanted her close. As we drove down from the mountains into the city, and my black SUV rolled past the towers of glass and steel, her face pressed to the window like a kid seeing snow f

