Chapter 64

I stood my ground, a stone pillar that wavered on the inside. "They just got you back. There are no greater questions than where you've been and what you've been up to. The rest will come soon, after they've had time to process."

"You seem so sure."

"My whole family is missing. The where and the what are all that matter to me. The details are secondary for right now."

"You might be right. Or it could be they're trying to keep something from me."

So he didn't know about me, then. Didn't know I'd just come from Baba's room. Unless he was playing with me.

"Like what?" I asked. "Wolf packs share everything."

"Indeed they do."

Except for him. If anyone was keeping something, it was him.

I turned to leave at the note of danger in his voice, how it raked along my skin, a strange mix of pain and pleasure. But he grabbed my wrist and hauled me back to him. I reached out to stop my momentum, my fingertips brushing an unforgiving expanse of muscle across his chest.