All this time I thought I was free in Vegas, but the truth ws, I was a captive.

Nikolai was right. I was the only one putting myself in that box. So much so that I had taken pills to suppress what I truly was. He knew what I needed well before I did. That’s why he had been so understanding.

A great weight dropped from my shoulders as I moved to the bedroom. The wolf within me licked its chops as if savoring a tasty morsel of lamb. Deep within me, I felt the chains I’d bound around myself drop. There was a pep to my step as I...