Caden's POV:
“Mark her,” my wolf, Zuro, snarled in my mind, his voice rough, echoing through my consciousness like a thunderstorm.
The intensity of the moment was suffocating. Her emerald-green eyes locked onto mine, filled with a mix of uncertainty and something deeper—something that mirrored my own hunger.
She was staring at me like I was the only thing that mattered in this world, and it only made my restraint crumble further. I wanted her, desperately. Not just to hold her but to claim her, to make her mine in every way possible. My wolf’s instincts screamed for it, my every nerve begged for it. She was a perfection incarnate.
Her dark hair gleamed under the moonlight, cascading like a silken waterfall over her shoulders. Her features were delicate yet commanding—an oval face ador
