Ruby’s POV
When I opened my eyes, it felt like I had slept for years, though it couldn’t have been more than a few hours. I didn’t need to look around to know where I was or to remember what had happened. That girl’s neck snapping right in front of me... the sound had etched itself into my memory, looping every time I blinked. And Zaliver... gods, the way he looked, cloaked in darkness with those inky black eyes and that expression pure, wild fury. He didn’t just act like a predator. He was one.
I squeezed my eyes shut again, hard enough to see little white spots dance behind my lids. A long, shaky breath pushed from my chest.
I didn’t know what to feel. Toward him. Toward myself. My emotions were caught in a storm, and I stood at the eye of it torn between human logic and my wolf’s pri
