Penelope POV
"Get out of my way before I tear your throat out, Leif."
The raw, feral shout sliced through the heavy glass of my bedroom window. I sat straight up in bed. My breathing stopped.
That voice.
It was Julian.
I threw the duvet off my legs. The silk fabric hissed against the mattress. Outside, the night air vibrated with a heavy, sickening heat. It was the suffocating weight of an Alpha aura, thick with jealousy and uncontrolled rage.
Then came the second wave. Leif. My brother’s aura hit back like a wall of solid brick, cold and lethal.
The two forces slammed into each other outside the front gates. The pressure was so intense it made the window panes rattle in their wooden frames.
I stood up. My feet hit the cold floorboards. I did not look for slippers. I grabbed a dark
