Eclipsed Empire (The Wolves of Crescent Creek, #2)

by Tessa Hale

Puck’s green eyes bled to gold as he glared at my torso. I had the sudden urge to cover myself and disappear. I shifted, turning slightly so I wasn’t quite in full sight. Everything about my body felt mangled. Ruined. My skin would never be the same. My body would never be whole. Just like my soul. Not when my bond would always be fractured. “Don’t,” Puck growled. “Don’t hide. Not from me.” I sucked in a sharp breath as he moved into my space and dropped to his knees. Puck’s hands moved to my hips, gripping me gently around the band of my sweatpants. Then he leaned in, his lips ghosting over one especially bad scar. Locke’s hand curved around my shoulders, steadying me as my body started to falter. Puck’s lips moved to the next scar. “I’d give anything to save you from these. Keep you from feeling this pain. I’d pay any price.” His mouth skimmed each healed wound as if he could erase them with touch and word. “But you never have to hide them from me. From us.”