Zeke watched his mate sleep, but she was still troubled. He couldn't just see it on her face; he could feel it.
Had she really thought he had hurt Claire that day? From his conversation with the Omega after he'd cornered her in training, he had known Ava had been involved somehow.
He just hadn't expected this.
His mate wasn't a human. Yet she still smelled human even now, despite her stronger scent and his scent on her.
A repressed wolf? Had trauma caused that?
Shadow had emerged early, too. He'd been in danger, and the shift had shocked everyone. But Shadow hadn't retreated after what he had done. He'd revelled in the destruction and had wanted to do it again and again.
It was why he'd had to put the mental wall between them—the reason he'd learned how to control and hide his t
