I kept pacing the war room, my wolf raging so bad inside me it felt like my skin was about to split open. Godmother kept calling...the phone buzzing again and again like it was mocking me. I slammed it so hard against the wall that the screen cracked, shards glinting on the floor. The damn mission could wait. Everything should wait. At this point, I didn’t know if I was normal anymore. I’d grown so much love for Ryvessa, right from the very day we had the nuptial bonding...and she dares leave now? I thought we were supposed to be together. I thought you said you love me! Why the f**k did you leave? My rage kept building, hot and thick, veins popping out on my forearms, my neck, my temples. My powers were sucking it in, feeding on it, making my whole body vibrate with barely-contain

