Jesse
Right there at the lantern festival, with the glow of countless lights rising into the night sky, I found myself watching her instead.
Not the lanterns.
Her.
The way the soft light reflected on her face made my wolf stir immediately.
Restless. Wanting.
It wanted her.
And the intensity of it pressed against my chest in a way that felt almost unbearable, it was demanding something I was still holding back.
But it wasn’t just that. That was the part I could usually control.
What unsettled me more was everything else.
Because even when my wolf was quiet, even when there was no instinct pushing me, I still found myself drawn to her.
I still wanted her.
Her presence.
Her voice.
The way she looked at me like she saw through more than I said.
I didn’t know when it started. I d
