NIKOLAI

I had calmed down after dipping myself in the ice bath, but still couldn't shake the feeling that something was very wrong.

“Fucking hell,” I breathed, dipping my head back into the water and letting my eyes fall closed, letting the ice worm its way through the thick mass of my dark hair into my scalp and brain. I could feel my wolf rocking back and forth inside me, still uneasy, but better now that I had fed.

What WAS that back there? The cravings, were almost as though It were my first full moon and I was only just learning the ropes of being a freaking werewolf.

If...