His smile was boyish, rare and beautiful. “I think I liked hearing that more than I should have.”
I laughed, but it died gently into a sigh when he leaned in and brushed his lips against mine. The kiss was slow, delicate, nothing like the heated passion of last night. This was different. This was a promise.
Everything about the two of us being together now just seemed different. Just seemed like the two of us were fully connected in a way that I did not understand, a way that I did not think possible.
When we pulled apart, he tucked me into his chest again and murmured, “We don’t have to go anywhere today. Today, it is just going to be the two of us. Everything is taken care of.
“Don’t you have a pack to run?” I teased, my fingers lightly tracing the lines of his collarbone. “And our d
