It was just as enormous to see it happen—being pulled into Ty’s embrace banished the cold, resulting in Penny burrowing against her side with no regard for the blood. Peeking out from where she buried her face against Tyleigh’s shoulder, seeing her kiss Asher—it felt like sunshine on her bare skin, a knot in her core loosening with that first link clicking into place—

Then Ty kissed her, and everything tingled, a sleeping limb waking up and raining gentle pinpricks of sensation all across her skin. It was hearth and home and the Haze but softer and sweeter.

When the kiss broke, Penny’s hands were smeared with blood where they touched her cheeks, but her face was open and shining with contentment.

For a moment, then she was glancing past Ty—where Terry and Asher both were staring with open interest.

“I think you should kiss Terry now.” Penny hummed. “Then we should take care of you, and kiss some more later.”