DAMON
I stay out until after midnight, running patrols I don’t need to run, checking security protocols that are already perfect, doing anything I can to avoid going back to that house.
Because if I go back while Maya’s still awake, I’m going to do something we’ll both regret.
The way she looked at me. The way she pressed against me. The way she f*****g smelled—arousal and pheromones so potent my wolf was screaming at me to pin her down and claim her.
I’d almost done it. Had been half a second away from kissing her when Derek’s text came through.
Saved by the f*****g bell.
I drive around the perimeter one more time, checking in with each patrol team, before finally accepting that I can’t stay out here all night.
When I pull up to the house, all the lights are off except for a dim gl
