Everything was in place.

Callie would forget. Vin made sure of it.

At this point, there wasn’t much that Vin would not do for his Songbird, which made her dangerous, and yet Vin wouldn’t have it any other way.

It took him a while to realize, but Callie was special to him. No matter how much he denied his feelings, they were there in the back of his mind, slowly creeping in and tickling his heart back into a rhythm that beat in time with hers.

It was time for him to let her know just how special she was.

The trip back to the shelter took no time at...