The fire Silas had managed to build was a joke against the freezing claws of the mountain cave.
I was shivering violently, but not just from the cold. The dark vein on my neck was burning, and the void in my chest was screaming with a desperate, animalistic famine.
"I need to get away from you," I whispered, my teeth chattering as I tried to crawl further into the dark, damp corners of the cave, away from the warmth of Silas’s body.
"No," Silas growled.
He didn't let me retreat. Fighting through his own exhaustion, the Alpha lunged forward and grabbed my waist, pulling me back against his massive, burning chest. He wrapped his arms and legs around me, pinning me against the cave floor, acting as a living shield against the cold.
"Let go, Silas," I whimpered, clawing at his arms. "I ca
