TIME STILLED. One minute I was hovering over Rhys, and the next second, I was already mid-air, shifting into my own wolf, mind full of adrenaline as I was so determined to protect my mate. It was a life-changing experience for me. As a shifter, I had never really tapped into my inner wolf for more than five minutes, due to my father’s consistent orders to never shift inside the house. He told me that female wolves were as useless as a broomstick, so I should never even learn how to.
However, at that moment, I could not think about anything else other than defending my soul mate. He was my life, even though he was the bane of my existence. He was my other half, even though he was rejecting me as his mate. I was tormented, tortured, and abused by him, but he was still my fated being. I coul
