What had happened on the way home was already forgotten. Buried, erased. Belle would not seduce me again. I would not be taken by surprise like that again.
"You keep telling yourself that," my wolf, Fen, sneered. I ignored him, focusing on Cassie.
Her long, golden hair fell in waves, and she looked extremely enticing in a white tank top with matching shorts. Her chocolate brown eyes sparkled, a grin playing on her lips. She opened her arms and I scopped her up immediately.
"I missed you," I said into her hair. It smelled like strawberries. "We need to talk."
Instead of answering, I felt her go rigid. She pushed away from me, her expression turning into suspicion. "Why do you smell like that?"
This was the hard part. I'd been planning to take her inside as soon as I got home. To tell h
