The Beast: Eternal Obsession *AMELIA'S POV* *night of the full moon* The agonizing howl started exactly at midnight.It ripped cleanly through the quiet architecture of the underground compound like a serrated blade low, structural, and so utterly saturated in raw suffering that my knees almost gave out beneath me. I was awake long before the echo of the sound even faded into the stone walls. Honestly, I had been awake for hours, curled tightly into a ball on the canvas cot inside the underground holding room Lyall called “secure.” Secure. Right. As if iron chains, ancient silver, and reinforced stone could ever truly contain a feral Alpha wolf who didn't want to be held.Lyall stood rigidly by the iron reinforced door, his massive arms crossed tightly over his chest and his jaw lock

