Cora was tired, but there was something about the atmosphere and the night… the moonlight that was now free to shine because the clouds had gone. And Theo was right here with nothing in their way. There were no vampires trying to keep them apart. There was no worry about whether she would be rejected or accepted by his pack. Finally they were just… free. They were free to be together.
There was a soft growl that came from his chest and rose to his lips and a familiar possessive desire in his eyes that made her belly stir. Dark hair hung over his forehead and his eyes. He was fierce and powerful and tender, and he was all hers. He was free to be hers entirely. In fact, the moon had made it so. Fate had made it so.
