Chapter 12
The Wolf Inside Me
I should have stepped away from the window.
Instead, I stood frozen beneath the dim bedroom light while snow drifted between me and the most dangerous Alpha in the North.
Draven remained motionless near the forest line.
Watching me.
Not impatient.
Not demanding.
Certain.
The terrifying part wasn’t his confidence.
It was the quiet response stirring beneath my skin every time his eyes found mine.
My wolf.
She moved restlessly inside me now, pacing with unfamiliar awareness that sent panic curling through my chest.
No.
This wasn’t possible.
The mating bond didn’t simply… shift.
Not after years.
Not after vows beneath the Moon Goddess.
Not after loving someone the way I loved Kael.
And yet—
when Draven looked at me, something ancient inside me
