NIKOLAI

It took longer than I would have liked for my breathing to go back to normal after the woman had made her request.

I allowed myself to take a deep breath, stilling the shift of my wolf bubbling to the surface as I collected myself, careful to keep my face neutral when It was all I could do not to take her right then and there.

“You know what? Never mind, I-I’m sorry to have bothered you, what was I thinking? I’m only a common girl, surely I can't ask that I share your bed,” Raya whispered as I watched her shoulders fall, a pang of regret twisting in...