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Wolfe looked down at me with such love I almost cried I noted the spark of uncertainty in his eyes and deliberately brushed my hand over the scar on his lower abdomen that represented so much of the strife between us With my eyes I told him I didn’t care about any of that anyed

I wrapped asp at the feel of hiainst s I had never dreamt of, made me blush from the top of my head to the tip of my toes, but this was different This was irreversible

"Wolfe!" I gasped, as he pushed inside , a bead of sweat rolling down his forehead with the effort "Did I hurt you? Are you alright?" he asked frantically

I tried to s changed The pain was dissipating I shifted under him and hout ht Don’t stop"

Wolfe began to htened o

Chapter Thirty

I had never known I could feel this close and connected to anyone We lay together after our love, his arm around me, my head on his chest His heart thumped under my ear, not quite steady

Despite what I had sworn to myself as he loved me, I felt reality creep in quickly My plan had never been to marry The reason? If I were honest withto keep the people in my life that I cared about to a minimum That way there was less heartbreak when they were taken from me I didn’t want to love someone ashi them too I’d wanted romance, passion, but not love And I loved Wolfe My earlier excuses that I couldn’t be with Wolfe because of who his father was no longer seematism, had knocked that wall down so I couldn’t hide behind it anymore But I had other reasons not to be with Wolfe I did! I had never planned on being pulled into the bonds that would make me a society wife and take me away from Haydyn She needed me Now more than ever she needed me Perhaps I could have Wolfe for a little while Without e We could be happy with that… I tried to convince myself

For now, as we lay together, I wouldn’t say anything to break the spell

I shivered at the goosebu my skin "This is nice," I whispered

"Mled deeper against hi after me into the mountains, Wolfe I should have said that before"

I felt hiainst me head "You’re welcome"

"So… you have psychic abilities now?"

He chuckled "How long have you been waiting to pester ht at the Moss’"

He huffed "I didn’t say anything because I don’t want people to fear ly, inconceivable, all powerful e?"

"Yes"

I snickered this time and shook my head "No one would be afraid of you, Wolfe You’re too kind to people for them to fear you"

"I can be fearsome if I want to be"

I hid my smile "I know"

"I can be plenty fearsome"

"Oh I know"

"I can-"

Afraid he’d want to prove how fearso interesting on this quest of ours"

Wolfe grunted at having been interrupted "What’s that?"

I dreay froe, Wolfe Quite a few of them"

Wolfe frowned "Well, there have been soe are apparently dying out, I find it strange to have co Silvera I ?"

"There are e out there Lots of them I’d bet Haydyn’s Somna Plant on that"

Wolfe raised his eyebrows "Perhaps you’re right If so then…"

I sighed "It has to be taken into consideration with everything else"