Chapter 38 - Zoe

I didn’t put up any resistance to Gunnar and Henrik leading me out of the Ironfur jail. Alpha Dorian had a solid plan. I’ll be happy if he follows through and sticks to it. If I find out he was bullshitting us and let it go unpunished when they returned home, I’ll be visiting and leaving behind a collection of ranked statues. I didn’t like it when people lied to me. I hoped for Alpha Dorian and his pack’s sake he would follow through.

All thoughts about the situation in the jail faded away the further away we got. I am fully placing the blame on the heat. Holly was right about them touching me, making things worse. I thought I had it under control till Henrik, followed by Gunnar, slipped their arms around me. Their touch was electric before but controllable. Now? Now, even the innocent brush of Henrik’s hand on my shoulder was like setting a wildfire in my veins.

We’d barely pulled away from the dock when the fire I’d tried to keep at bay won. I could already hear Darren’s lecture o