Simon's POV
I couldn't stop smiling. It had been days since Aisha's wolf awakened, and the joy that surged through me every time I looked at her was almost unbearable. She had always been strong, fiercely independent, but now I could feel her—feel her—in a way that went deeper than anything physical. Her wolf had risen, and with it came a bond between us that made everything else seem insignificant.
Aisha was everything I had ever wanted, but I couldn't deny the heat building between us, the unspoken promise of more. As we lay there together, the moonlight filtering in through the window, casting soft shadows over her skin, I could see the glow in her eyes—an energy I hadn't seen before. The wolf inside her was awake and hungry, and I wasn't about to deny it.
Her hands reached u
