KARINA
My knuckles slammed into the dense leather of the heavy bag, sending a sharp, satisfying shockwave up my forearm. The chain rattled against the steel ceiling beams of the underground gym.
Sweat stung my eyes, but I refused to stop moving. I threw a brutal left hook, followed by a punishing roundhouse kick that echoed through the empty training facility.
I needed the physical pain to drown out the suffocating biological fire burning in my blood.
My wolf went into full heat shortly after sunrise. The sudden hormonal shift hit my system like a freight train, leaving my skin flushed and my muscles wound tight with a relentless, aching tension. An oppressive fever radiated from my core. My inner animal clawed frantically at the edges of my mind, demanding a mate, screaming for a phy
