Page 206 of Harley & Her Ferals

“You’re cute when you blush, Wolf.”

Now, Harbinger trulydoesblush.

He shakes his hair free of Laurent’s hold, coughing awkwardly. “Bliss found out about your case, Rook, because your brother and his Romeo pack was making such a noise about finding you. They posted rewards and public appeals, as well as hired PIs. They reached out to everyone that they could.”

“Amby.” Laurent collapses on the side of the bed, burying his head in his hands. “If I know my grumpy, dominant brother, he’ll have been tearing the world apart to find me. I miss him.”

“By the sounds of it, the whole pack were missing you. This is why I do this job. It means a lot to get people back to their real packs ” Harbinger squirms. “Any chance of letting me up?”

Feral shakes his head.

I grin, leaning over to push the hair out of Feral’s face and steal a kiss from his plush lips.

Feral’s eyes twinkle, and he steals a second kiss back from me.

“Do you have any contacts in the resistance that can take any of the info off the thumb drive and use it to help us?” I ask. “It’s not enough for us to escape the Underworld. This has always been the problem. We need to ensure that Dad, Vinnie, the enforcers, and those who’d otherwise hunt us are arrested. There’s enough evidence on the thumb drive to have the most dangerous pack members locked up, right? Otherwise, we’ll spend our lives being hunted down.”

“There’s good evidence on the Hades pack and some of the lesser packs on the thumb drives but not as much on your dad as I’d like,” Laurent replies.

“I have contacts with various resistance and outlaw packs like the Devils and Marshals, who can help with the arrests afterward, as well as offering safehouses,” Harbinger adds.

Excitement winds through me.

This is a concrete plan, not only for the uprising or the escape, but for our life afterward.

In silence, we all look at each other.

My heart speeds up. I wring the blanket between my hands.

I edge closer to Feral, studying his beautiful eyes.

Hell, how long have I wanted to be able to provide a true pack and home for him?

Slowly, he smiles.

It’s soft and genuine.

Heartfelt.

I feel its warmth through the bond.

Feral, my best friend and first lover.

The man who I’ve upturned my world to save, and would do so again an infinity of times.

I’m about to give up my succession, power, and status for an unknown future with the pack I love.

I’m going to rise up out of the shadows and burst into the light…or die trying.

And I’d take the risk again in a heartbeat.

“When are we doing this?” I whisper.

River is wide eyed, as hyped up as I am. “Everything is ready, when you say the word.”

Laurent glances around at me, before he straightens his shoulders.

He stands up, smoothing down his suit. Then he holds out his hand to me. I scramble over Harbinger.

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