Mira
“Quite the night for a stroll, is it?” Valen sneered, running his hands through his hair. It was far messier than normal, like he’d done that a hundred times this evening. I swallowed.
I could smell his oaky scent from here. I closed the door behind me lightly and leaned against it, trying to stay upright.
He was in heat. Sweat started to drip down my forehead as I tried to ignore it, and Ash began to howl inside of me. The power I’d felt before didn’t fade and submit to the heat.
Instead, it responded to it. It was even harder to ignore than normal. My knees turned to jelly, and my core ached.
I needed to calm him down before we did something we both regretted.
“I needed to –”
“I know exactly what you needed!” he shouted, eyes wild. “You needed to go and
