Chapter 83

Liam

Kaia Ravenwood smelled like rain.

That was the first stupid thing I noticed.

The second was that Jasper went completely silent.

I had spent most of Abby’s ceremony deliberately not looking toward Ravenwood.

That strategy had worked poorly.

Every time Kaia moved, some part of me knew.

When she laughed at something Tiernan said, I heard it through forty other voices.

When she stepped closer during the ceremony, Jasper pressed against me so hard that I nearly lost track of Cassandra’s words.

Then Abby’s power moved through the pack.

That had been enough distraction for approximately ten minutes.

Afterward, I went for water.

Simple.

Safe.

Kaia appeared beside the table.

I looked up.

Jasper whispered:

Mate.

The glass slipped from my hand.

It hit the stone and shattered.

Kaia stared at it.

Then at me.

“You do that often?”

“No.”