Damian POV: The second I storm back into her room, I already know the damn leech beat me to it. He’s perched by the window like some smug, undead gargoyle, and there she is—still curled up just the way I left her, like a fragile little heartbeat in a world full of predators. My wolf’s already clawing at my skin, fangs itching to sink into that cold bastard’s throat. I don’t even have to speak before he’s growling through my mouth, voice sharp and full of rage. "What did you do to her?" Her. He said her. He f*****g knows. The words hit me like a slap, like ice water to the face. He knows. That blood-sucking freak already knows she’s not a boy. Which means... f**k. He touch her Did he hurt her? My stomach twists with something worse than fury—it’s panic. Pure, searing panic that mak

