At first, they didn’t see me.
They moved through the haze of smoke and neon like predators scenting a trail, heads tilting, chests rising as they breathed the air in deep. My wolf went still, heart racing with hers, watching, waiting.
Then - like lightning - they froze.
Four sets of eyes snapped toward me.
And gods help me, the look that passed across their faces wasn’t human. The first was hunger, raw and breathtaking - the kind of joy that said found you. The kind of joy I hadn’t seen in years, maybe ever. Their gazes lit, bodies tightening, energy rolling off them in waves that set my skin on fire.
Ours. The word wasn’t spoken, but it beat inside me like a second pulse.
I swallowed hard, gripping my glass tighter, wishing my hands didn’t shake.
The man beside me - the stranger wh
