Chapter 85 (FINAL)
The first streaks of dawn were just painting the eastern sky with a bruised lavender when Ryker finally released Rain. He looked down at her sleeping form, filled with guilt for leaving her out in the open like this, but he knew she was safe. After all, they were still within the territory, and it seemed like no one really came to the area. The fierce, desperate mating by the stream had been both a declaration and a final, painful binding. He quickly got dressed and headed back to the packhouse.
When he walked in, the packhouse was silent. Only a few voices drifted from the kitchen. Ryker went up to his room to start packing. Alone in his room, the reality of leaving hit him hard and clear. He didn't need much. He was leaving his life as a guard for the Golden Pack beh
