ZARA’S POV The door slammed behind Kai with a force that made the whole room vibrate. Bottles that had already fallen scattered further, rolling across the floor like frightened insects seeking escape. I sat on the table, legs trembling, breath broken in uneven gulps, my body still throbbing from where he’d held me, claimed me, and we could now say destroyed me. My wolves were strangely quiet. All of them. That scared me more than anything. I pulled my top back over my shoulders with shaking hands. My skin burned everywhere he had touched, like his fingerprints had scorched themselves into me. My lips were swollen, my thighs weak, my neck still bleeding lightly from where his alien edges had carved into me. “What did you expect?” A mocking voice echoed again. I didn’t answer. I cou

