*ADRIAN. Chloe chuckled softly, and I felt the vibrations in her shoulders as they shook beneath my hands. Her skin was wet, still warm and slippery from her bath. She smelled like flowers, and for some reason, I’d told her just as much. Goddess knew what I was doing here, standing here, in middle of her room, after accusing her of betraying me with Tyler. Letting her hold me, and comfort me. It was so unlike me, I didn’t know if I wanted to lean into it, or hightail it to the nearest closed door. I had been restless in my study the entire time I was there, my wolf howling and moaning the loss of a woman it had claimed as its own without my permission, all the negative emotions swirling around had made it mad and uncomfortable, and it had quite literally felt like I was about to tear my

