Elijah
I hadn’t planned to say that. Nor had I planned to let myself near her a second time.
The first time, it had been my wolf Beast’s curiosity. Or at least that was what I told myself.
I wasn’t sure what to do with her anytime she was around me.
And I was not sure why she had this effect on me either.
I hadn’t even known she existed until a few weeks ago. But ever since she stepped in my life, it has been a f*****g whirlwind of emotions I hadn’t felt in a long, long time.
Violet was chaotic beauty, and it had been almost laughable to see her seated beside that ungrateful bastard, yearning for scraps he threw at her back at Salt and Smoke.
She had those puppy eyes and a heart that was too easy to break, too soft for the prickly asshole to handle.
And I found myself staring at h
