Jenna’s breath hitched as their eyes locked.
The man sitting beside her exuded raw power, power that didn’t need to be announced. It hummed around him like a violent storm waiting to break. His presence was suffocating, his gaze unapologetic as he studied her like a predator does prey it’s already claimed.
Her body betrayed her.
Despite the fear, the pains in her ribs and the mark of chains on her skin, her wolf, Lexa, was drawn to him. Howling. Needy. And it sickened her. After everything she’d been through… how dare her wolf respond like this?
She yanked the blanket higher over her chest, her arms trembling.
“Stay away from me,” she whispered, voice hoarse and cracking.
He didn’t flinch.
Kaelion’s silver eyes remained fixed on her, glowing faintly in the soft light that filtered t
