GUARDED SECRETS
ZAREK’S POV
The fortress’s war room pulsed with the faint glow of runes etched into the obsidian walls.
My wolf paced beneath my skin, restless since Lykaina’s heat hit yesterday, her scent still clung to me, a torment I couldn’t shake.
The mate bond roared, urging me to claim her, but I’d held back, her pain and need a blade twisting in my gut.
Nobody could know, especially her, not yet not with the Moonlight Feast coming. She is not ready to receive such news. Not yet.
I leaned against the table, jaw tight, trying to focus on patrol reports, but my thoughts were with Lykaina, safe in my room, her heat simmering. My scent will protect her, at least for now.
The rogue wolf’s attack on the road, drawn by her scent, had nearly undone me, my wolf tearing through it w
