Chapter 71: Layers

READER SHOUT OUT: Thank you to Kathy_Prewitt who suggested the name "Skahll" all those months ago. I've changed the spelling, but I'm grateful for your suggestion. I hope you like how I used it!

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~ ZEV ~

The moment he'd won the fight he could smell her. She was there. Somewhere very close—Yhet, too, which was a relief. He couldn't smell Kyelle nearby, which made him breathe easier, too.

Rayf lay on the cold ground, shaking his head. Zev regretted that he'd needed to floor the male, but Rayf was doing him a favor by not letting him win. Still, he hadn't been kind. He needed to save both energy and strategy for later fights with the family group Alphas.

He stood over the male trying to ignore the intoxicating scent of his mate—he would make them let him take her his mate or die trying—and stared down at Rayf.