DERRICK POV
*Katie suggested to listen “with me” sum 41 with this chapter and, honestly, i didn’t know that song but it fits! 💕 Thanks*
I couldn’t hear anything else.
Voices blurred into static. Footsteps, shouts, the buzz of lights overhead—all gone.
All I could feel was her hand in mine.
Kai.
The thrum of her pulse against my palm was the only thing tethering me to this world, and it wasn’t enough. Not anymore.
Onyx was a storm inside my mind, snarling, pacing, clawing at the edges of my control. He was furious. Possessive. One heartbeat away from tearing through my skin, shifting full force, and marking her.
Claim her now.
Sink your teeth in.
Now.
I gritted my teeth, but the ache was already there—deep in my jaw. My gums throbbed. My canines had already pushed past the surfac
