“What... what?”

As if agreeing with what Neil had just said, Elisa’s wolf growled inside her mind. Then she felt an unfamiliar tingling sensation in her chest and core, and an unnatural urge to touch Neil and bury herself in his embrace.

How embarrassing. Elisa’s face grew hot just imagining it.

“How can you... be so sure?” she whispered. “We’ve just met.”

“My wolf. He can’t stop thinking about you... He recognised your scent immediately, and he was the one who led me here.”

“Only your wolf? What about you?”

Neil fell silent for a moment. “Of course I feel the same way. But... I was worried you’d be frightened...