Chapter 12

• He looked down at her face, so calm and peaceful in sleep. She looked so tiny in his claws, just one squeeze and he would crush her and be done with this assignment. But the sizzle of the mating mark on his stomach stopped him. Because of that, he held her so gently he feared she was going to drop.
• Ace beat his wings in the frigid air. He couldn't flap his wings, too much for fear that he would be discovered, so he relied on the stiff air and when he dropped a few feet below he would flap again to gain altitude.
• Mrs. Klavan had invited him for the excavation exercise, but he had two reasons why he didn't want to go. First, he didn't need proof to know that he existed. Secondly, he was worried about meeting Sarah again. His mate. The girl he almost senselessly kissed at her apartment.