Maren was standing in front of me under the dying light of the campus streetlamps, making the world around me seem to shrink until only the space separating us remained.
She looked f*****g radiant, her skin glowing with a warmth that invited me to burn within it; while her eyes, once full of the laughter she had gifted to that Alpha pup, were now clouded by uncertainty and a spark of fear that made me hate myself.
Fenris howled at the base of my neck, recognizing the desperate call of Maren’s wolf. They were screaming at each other through the bond, demanding a contact that my rational mind tried to forbid.
"Professor? Is something wrong?" Naomi’s voice hit me like a bucket of cold water, bringing me back to reality with the force of a lash.
I didn't flinch. I slowly turned my head tow
