===== Kris ===== His bond with his little mate came through despite how she closed off the mind stone to him. The little treasure turned opaque the minute she brought up respecting her, or lack thereof. … Feisty thing. Or angry. Angry about what happened to him though. … That was hot, he agreed with his alpha. … But stupid enough to think she’d survive out here. Kris listened to her run ideas through her head that would get her only part of the way to him and then she’d be stranded. He listened to her hush Adam when he challenged her motives. He felt her tongue turn to lead as she tried to bite back Kris’ status. … it’s a four letter word, baby. His own ached for her to spit it out already. He’d watched her lips like a hawk, waiting for that magical moment when she seals her