Colton POV
Something’s wrong with Zay.
I’ve known her long enough to recognize when her smile isn’t reaching her eyes. Lately, it’s like she’s here with me in body but not in mind—her gaze slips past me, drifting to someplace I can’t follow. It gnaws at me, the way she fidgets with her hands when she thinks I’m not looking, or the way her voice hesitates before answering simple questions.
The night of the rehearsal dinner, I’d thought maybe it was pre-wedding nerves. Cold feet. Stress. But this… this is different. There’s a hollow look in her eyes that makes my chest tighten.
Cosmo, my wolf, shifts restlessly in the back of my mind. She’s not well.
I know, I tell him. But she won’t tell me what’s wrong.
Maybe she doesn’t trust you enough.
That stings more than I want to admit. Becau
