POV : Alessia De Luca Volkov
The world exploded.
One second Cassian stood in chains.
The next, he was flying toward me. Instinct took over, I stumbled backward. My shoulder slammed into stone, pain shot through my body.
A roar tore through the chamber. Not human, not wolf. Something far older, far worse. The sound shook the walls, dust rained from the ceiling.
Outside, guards shouted. Weapons were drawn, boots thundered against the corridor. None of it mattered because Cassian Volkov was already on top of me or at least he should have been.
Instead.. He stopped. My breath caught, less than a foot separated us. I could feel the heat pouring from his body. Could feel the violent force vibrating beneath his skin.
His chest rose and fell in massive breaths, his claws dug into the stone
