I had been avoiding Kennis ever since he confessed his mixed feelings of love and hate for me. I was still processing his words. How could he say something so unexpected? Was it something that had been building for a long time? I didn't know. He had always been so cold, angry, and impassive. Did this have anything to do with my near-death experience when rogues attacked the pack house and surrounded me? Dove was thrilled; she had seen this coming because of Alistair. She often told me how slowly our mate was accepting us and beginning to love us. It was easy to understand how there could be a...