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“So am I. I should’ve explained myself better, and I should’ve climbed up here as soon as you left.”
“I shouldn’t have left at all.”
“Technically, you’re just trying to fix our door so we can have privacy. I’m pretty sure I promised to let you watch me touch myself later, so I’m surprised you’re not laser-focused on this right now.”
“I shouldn’t have made you promise that, and I won’t hold you to it. You were only trying to help my pack, and I don’t want to make you uncomfortable.”
“I don’t want to make you uncomfortable either, and I did by talking to them,” I countered. “We made a deal that required both of us to bend a little. I was fine with it, and I’m upholding my side of the bargain.” I studied the mechanism in the wall. “As soon as we figure out how to fix that thing. I don’t really want your whole pack listening in on us.”
He grimaced. “My ideas aren’t working, and Rok said they don’t have what I need. We’ll have to search a few abandoned dens for the parts.”
I flashed him a smile and released his face, setting my hands back on his shoulders. “Looting? Sounds like fun.”
He chuckled. “The dens closest to us have been picked over, and the pieces we need are unlikely to be there. It’ll be a bit of a trip, so we’ll have to wait until morning to go.”
“Is it not safe to be out in the Woods at night?”
“It’s safe, but we’d be out late. I want to make sure you get enough rest.”
I patted him on the bicep. “Thanks for thinking about me, but I’m not that fragile. Let’s go.”
Ivaylo didn’t look convinced.
I leaned forward and brushed my lips against his for a moment, making the frenzy’s glow go haywire around us. His tongue slipped into my mouth, and he growled when I pulled away far too soon. “I promised you a show tonight. We’ll get the parts, and then I’ll make good on our deal.”
His eyes glowed brighter and clearer than they had a few moments earlier. “Alright. If you show any sign of exhaustion, I’ll drag you back here in a heartbeat.”
“Deal.”
He threw a fabric bag over his shoulder, then swept me off my feet as he stood. I tucked my head against his neck, and he slipped out of our den.
eleven
EZRA
Ivaylo shiftedand ran as soon as we were outside. The bag he’d carried was just the right size to nestle against his side in his wolf form, so it wasn’t bouncing all over the place.
The breeze felt incredible on my skin, but the desire inside me grew worse.
Not the frenzy’s increasing need; that was a beast of its own, but one I didn’t think I’d be able to fight much longer.
The desire to let go and run, was getting harder to ignore.
The itch for freedom.
Not freedom from Ivaylo, or the wolves, or anything in particular. Just… freedom.
And running.
Damn, it was strong.
I gripped Ivaylo’s fur and leaned closer to his back, urging him silently to pick up speed. He couldn’t hear me, of course.
After a few minutes, he slowed.
We came to a stop in front of a pair of large boulders that nestled right up against each other. The trees around us were still brown and green, and there were a ton of flowers blooming nearby, so I knew it was still on the pack’s land.
“This is an empty den?” I asked him, as Ivaylo shifted forms and pulled on a pair of shorts that had been left in the dirt nearby. I’d noticed that the shifters left shorts and pants all over the place, at random. When he took my hand, I slid my fingers between his.
