QUOTE : You scared, baby?” he asked. I didn’t repeat my “yeah,” I just nodded. His arms got tighter and his voice got thicker as I felt his neck bend and his lips say against my hair, “Don’t be. There’s a wild that’s fucked and there’s a wild that’s just plain wild. You just hooked yourself to a different kind of wild, Tess, and I swear, baby, swear”—his arms squeezed before he finished—“I’ll show you that’s a good, safe place to be.