Lyra - POV
Warmth pulled me out of sleep.
My eyes opened slowly and found Landon standing over me, that charming smile already in place. Damn that smile. It was the reason half the women in the pack had fallen for him at some point, and I was no exception. My heart still kicked up at the sight of it, which my logical side found nothing short of embarrassing. He was a playboy. I knew exactly what he was. I should have been over it by now.
"What brings you—"
His thumb pressed to the length of my neck, a slow drag of warmth that cut my sentence clean.
"So," his voice was casual. Unbothered. "How was last night with Caden?"
I knew answering would stir up tension. I knew it and answered, anyway.
"The best." I didn't want to think about last night, but it surfaced the moment I said it, he
