Ch. 71 No Strings

Kat’s POV

From the minute he made that toast, something snapped in me. Hearing this big, cocky Alpha’s voice break as he struggled to express how he felt melted my heart and sent desire flooding through me. So many emotions hit me at once, I couldn’t make sense of them.

One minute I was in awe of my surroundings, taking in the beautiful scene before me. The surface of the silver lake below was like glass, reflecting the trees, snow-capped mountains and wispy clouds in perfect detail and I was mesmerized. The next minute, he was saying such lovely words with a look of utter sincerity in his eyes that it broke through all my walls.

In that moment, I wanted him with an intensity that terrified me, because I knew my heart was no longer guarded. It was exposed and raw and I couldn’t protect it. Equally as frightening was the way my heart ached for Ryan in his absence. I wanted him with the same ferocity I wanted his brother. And while I could appreciate and even enjoy alone time with e