Fantine

The heavy wind kept slamming against the wooden window shutters above the hearth, but inside the small room, the heat from the crackling logs was filling every corner, and sitting in Riley's lap made the chill in my bones vanish completely while the steady beat of his heart hummed against my back. I turned around on his thighs so I could face him directly, my hands coming up to rest against his warm chest while the heat of our mate bond pulsed between us, making every single doubt about my place in his pack drop away into nothingness.

"You are sitting here thinking about your father and the elders...