ALPHA PARTHE.
I emerged from the bathroom, the cold water I had doused myself in still dripping from my skin, leaving me shivering slightly. The cold had done little to temper the heat simmering beneath my surface.
I had dismissed my new obsession to leave before I did something stupid.
She was my mate. I know that. But I am so scared to stain her innocence with my darkness.
Maybe not now.
It was a fearsome thing, this pull toward her innocence. I had spent enough time wrestling with the temptation, trying to fend off the darkness that threatened to overwhelm me.
The strain on my emotions and desire was getting the best of me and it was threatening to rip me apart from inside.
The door opened with a soft click as I dried out the water from my body.
Only one person comes into
