My wolf, Cynthia, growled inside me, her voice sharp, her anger vibrating in my bones.
“Why did you do that?”
“No f*****g way… they will be our mates!” I replied to her.
My breath stuttered. My chest tightened as if the air itself refused to go down my lungs.
My body rejected the truth, the very bond she wants. I shook my head, trying to push away her words, but the moment the last word of my rejection left my lips, it happened.
Pain.
Blinding. Suffocating. Unbearable.
It ripped through me like fire set loose inside my veins. A strangled cry tore out of me as my knees gave out. My body convulsed, each bone shattering from the inside. My nails clawed at the ground for balance, but the cold floor only burned against my palms. I gasped for air, but it was as if I were drowning in ago
