“Get your hands off me!” I snarled, voice raw and furious.
Bane laughed darkly, crowding me tighter against the wall, his chest pressing hard to my back as hot water sluiced between us. “You think words change facts, Brat? You’re already mine. Body, scent, and everything.” His growl vibrated straight through my spine.
I thrashed harder, knee snapping up sharp toward his groin but he shifted fast, blocked it with his thick thigh, and forced my legs apart with brutal, effortless strength.
My mind was still screaming, still fighting, every muscle locked tight in refusal to give even a fraction. It should have terrified me. Instead it only fed the wildfire raging under my skin. I could feel my wolf clawing at the inside of my ribs, testing him, needing to know which one of us would break fi
