Klaus’s POV
At least I managed to hold myself together during the walk back home.
If I’m honest, it felt like my head was about to explode. Ever since the moonlight flared down on us, the bond had been building inside me like wildfire. Each step we took out of that clearing, each breath Aria drew beside me, made the pull more unbearable. It wasn’t just heat—it was raw, pure power coursing through my veins, the same pulse I felt the first time she marked me. Only now, it was stronger. Wilder. Demanding.
The primal urge to claim her again, fully and without restraint, coiled in my chest. No run in wolf form, no banter with the pack, not even the smoke of the barbecue could drown it out. The longer I stayed there pretending to smile, the closer I came to madness. So I did the only thing th
