EMBER’S POV

“Badly. I’ve seen straighter sheets after sex.”

I choke on a laugh.

“I would correct him, but until today I could barely speak, and watching the Lycan King lose a fight with a fitted sheet was one of the few pleasures still available to me.”

I didn’t know. He’s never said a word. And I don’t know why, but something in my chest just loosens, a soothing warmth.

All the while, he cared just as much about Rayana getting better as I did.

All the while, he offered his last kindness to the one woman he had sworn never to forgive.

Rayana watches my face and sighs, pleased...