My chest seized. My eyes, blurred with tears, widened as my wolf stirred with recognition. His scent reached me before my vision cleared. Ronan. He stood mere steps away, his powerful frame drenched, dark hair plastered to his sharp features. His gaze burned, unyielding, locked on me, on my body flushed with heat and stripped bare under the storm. I froze, breath trapped in my throat, my heart pounding in helpless surrender as his presence consumed everything around me. How did he find me? Panic clawed up my throat. I was completely naked, trembling, too weak even to crawl away. When Ronan stepped closer, the rain dripping from his hair and shoulders, I choked out a scream. “D-Don’t come any closer to me!” He halted, just for a breath. But then his boot splashed against the soaked ea

