*Lupo* It is madness, total and complete madness. I know it even as I seem unable to stop myself from tasting her again and again. She intrigues and fascinates me, this she-wolf who would go to the seaside if she could go anywhere. When she travels abroad simply to order her gowns. This she-wolf who doesn't complain about her limited wardrobe, when I suspect in her other life she has dozens of dinner gowns, ball gowns, morning dresses, walking dresses, riding habits. We shared dinner on a blanket in an untended garden, and a sense of contentment washed over me, slowly but surely. She revealed her dreams and aspirations, which surprised me. I expected her to desire marriage to an Alpha or a Lycan prince, to become the queen of our realm. Instead, she seeks a spinster's life, caring for in

