Chapter 19
As dark as it had been inside my head, sunlight sparked bright around me. The forest behind Luke’s duplex butted up against the same park I’d run in previously. By the time Luke caught up, I’d lost myself to the wild.
Breezes ruffled my fur. Birdsong overwhelmed distant traffic. The air smelled of honeysuckle while Luke was spicy and entirely male.
He drew me deeper beneath tree shadows, cautious at first then full of joy as I kept pace with him. We raced and romped, losing track of the past and the future in favor of the present. All I knew was that I needed to exert myself to recharge my pelt. What had once been a chore now turned into breathtaking joy.
Together, we chased a rabbit with no intention of catching it. Startled a doe and watched as she leapt, white tail blazin
