"Nothing." She pressed her face into his palm. "Everything. I just missed all of you together. I kept thinking about when I was taken, and the supreme's base and-" Her voice cracked. "I don't want to be alone anymore."
She felt Damien's arm tighten around her waist like a vice. Felt Voss's hand find the back of her neck, his grip solid and unshakeable. Felt Ivan's mist curl closer, pressing against her ankles, her calves, building a wall of fog between her and the rest of the world. Lucan's hand tightened on her knee, a rare, uncalculated gesture that cost him more than any of them would know. Exiles' tail wrapped around her ankle, tightening, and Dimitri pressed his lips to the crown of her head, lingering, his breath unsteady against her hair.
You're not alone. You'll never be alone again.
