I cheered loudly, but my heart wasn’t in it as I replayed the echo of Jay’s words in my head.
Less than two weeks.
At some point, I’d stopped counting. I couldn’t remember the last time I’d seen a calendar. My heat was coming. I felt the biological pull like a ticking clock, but I’d stopped caring about the minutes until it was over.
I wasn’t sure how that happened.
Or why.
Because I’ve got this one. My wolf stretched herself out languidly, licking her paw as I glanced back to where Ranger stood on stage. Even his stance was powerful, setting him apart from the other wolf shifters. The rest of the men seemed smaller in his presence. Or he might’ve just looked bigger in my eyes. Scarier. A true predator.
My heart beat faster as the lights dimmed and the cameras panned out.
The direct
