Lycan’s POV
I felt it before I fully understood it. The force of it.
Not imagined or misread.
It was real.
She had pushed me back. I stood where I had steadied myself, my gaze fixed on her, my breathing controlled but my mind wasn’t.
That shouldn’t have happened.
Not like that.
Not from her.
And yet…
It did.
“You adjusted.”
The words I had said earlier echoed in my head, but now they carried more weight than I intended. Because that wasn’t just adjustment.
That was the response.
Precise.
Targeted.
My jaw tightened slightly. She stood across from me, shoulders squared, her stance no longer uncertain. The energy around her had settled, not gone, but contained in a way that hadn’t existed before.
Not stable.
But closer.
And that…
That changed everything.
I stepped forward
