Chapter 66

His comments caused something wild to ignite in me—something so savage and self-centered that I could not believe what he had said.

With a terrible desperation that I could feel deep inside my being, he was imprisoning me and using his touch, words, and eyes to beg me.

We shared the same fear at that moment: the fear that we would lose each other.

It was a chasm of unfulfilled desires, a life that would remain unlived, and a yawning gulf between us.

Instead of using his imposing voice, the wolf king had begged me to stay with his gentle words and his pack as an audience. Watching...