ie'

helpless attraction that I could not rid myself of. A constant hu

s I was having, the dreams that were too real, the emotions that would overcome me fo

far more primal lingered in the air. The wolves were there, their howls in the distance. It wasn't just any howl. It was th

s, there were always the eyes-thos

hy I was drawn to him in a way I couldn't explain. I'd never felt

n us, I was feeling it too. Whenever I saw him, whenever

o longer control the dreams, the thoughts, the

ght unfolding across the ground. It was cold, but it felt as if so

d, his broad back facing me as he looked out into the woods. It was like the

g towards him befor

ice cautious, as if I w

ed it-the faint tic in his jawline, the narrow

e was cold and distant, as if he wa

usness that twisted in my gut. "I ne

talk about," he said, the words coming out in a low, tight gro

t know," I whispered, barely managing to keep the tremor from my voice. "I feel it,

utting distance between us, and his wolf emerged to the forefront in him. I cou

though he was sharing something too painful to utter

them. I wasn't ready for this life, this world I barely understoo

e quickly hardened again. "You can't

t am I to do, then?" I rasped, my voice

stormy look on his face. "You'

anymore. I had not said another word when a distant how

wrong. The how

t?" I ordered, horror

His eyes grew hard. "Stay c

inside me, as though it was urging me to follow him. I didn't

pack could

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ut of here, away from whatever this bond was starting

y it, the bond between us was undeniable. And I wasn

my life right now was a mate I wasn't ready for, definitely not a m

wolf howled in longing. Every time

of the training grounds, the same

echoed, the words tumbling from my

inside me shifted. But I

, and my heart fist-pounded in

pping forward. "Keep close. Do

the howl, I could feel Jamie at my back. My wolf growled in agitation, needing me to prot

uldn't stay there. Not with wha