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pressure me?”
    He propped his head up on his hand. “I took the year off so that we would have time to get married.” Seth laughed at her expression of shock. “See? But I can wait. I really don’t want you to worry about it.”
    She snuggled deeper into his shoulder, breathing in all of his warm, distinctive smells. Even when they were naked with their legs tangled together, he still smelled like leather.
    “But instead of taking a year to plan a wedding, you’re taking a year to hunt down homicidal maniacs,” Rylie said.
    He shrugged. “At least I’m being productive.”
    “I don’t think I deserve you.”
    Seth flung an arm toward their pile of clothing, which rested on a towel so it wouldn’t get too damp with dew. When he rolled back, he was holding the ring box again.
    “When I bought this for you… Well, I wouldn’t have gotten it if there was a single doubt in my mind, Rylie.” He took the ring out. Her heart made a funny flop as he held it toward her. “I want you to wear it. Not as an engagement ring—not yet. But I got it for you , and it shouldn’t sit in a box.”
    He slipped it over her right ring finger—not her left.
    “I love it,” she said, tilting her hand to study it. The moonstone sparkled with starlight.
    “Think of it as a promise. When you’re ready…” Seth touched her left ring finger, tracing a line around the place the engagement ring should have sat. “Just tell me. I’ll be back for you as soon as I can.”
    “Do you know where you’re going yet?”
    He sighed. “Yeah. There’s this house about three hundred miles away—near Akron. Scott thinks there might be information there.”
    “Why? What’s special about that house?”
    “It’s where Abel and I grew up before our dad was killed by werewolves.” He squeezed her hand a little too tight. “The connection between Cain, Abel, and Seth is too big to ignore. In the Bible, they were all brothers. The sons of Adam. Scott thinks that means that Eleanor is related in some way.”
    “But she’s dead,” Rylie said. “I pulled her off the cliff on Gray Mountain and watched her die.” Seth only nodded. She considered the lines of worry on his face. “I want to come. Let me hunt Cain with you.”
    “Rylie…”
    She could already hear the argument in his voice, so she cut him off. “I’m not exactly vulnerable. I can change between human and wolf whenever I want now. I heal fast, my sense of smell is amazing, and I can fight. We can get him together.”
    “But what about the pack?” Seth asked.
    “They can survive without me for a few weeks,” she said. “They’ll have Abel, and he usually controls them during the moons anyway. I just make it hurt less.”
    Seth’s mouth turned down at the corners. “What’s up with you and Abel lately?”
    Rylie had no idea what to tell him.
    She had been doing a pretty good job of avoiding Abel most of the time. They had barely spoken for over a month. She was too busy dealing with the sanctuary, and he was too busy dealing with the wolves.
    But something had changed on the night of the fire. Something huge. When she woke up on the new and full moons, she was always curled up with Abel—and she had the feeling that they had spent all evening together.
    “Nothing’s going on,” she said, but the words rang false, even to her.
    Seth kissed her. It was sweet and lingering, and Rylie wished they could have kissed forever. No werewolves, no killers, no worries.
    But it ended eventually, like it always did.
    He rolled his weight so it was on top of hers. “I love you, Rylie. The thought of taking you hunting scares me. But if it’s what you want…”
    “I want to be with you,” Rylie said firmly.
    They kissed in the cold night, alone except for the nearly-full moon.
    The ranch bustled with activity as the pack prepared to leave the next day. While the wolves loaded moving trucks, Rylie packed up enough clothing for a week and put them in the Chevelle with