Ethan
I woke up just before dawn, the room still wrapped in the soft darkness of early morning. Rosemary lay beside me, her breathing steady, her body relaxed in sleep. For a moment, I just watched her, the peaceful rise and fall of her chest, the way her hair spilled across the pillow like fire. She looked so beautiful, so vulnerable, and it struck me just how much I wanted to protect her - to be the one she trusted, the one she turned to.
But I knew what we had done last night had been a mistake. Not because I didn’t want her, Goddess, I wanted her more than anything, but because I hadn’t told her the truth. The truth about the mate bond, about what we were to each other. She didn’t know, and yet, I had crossed a line. My wolf had been pushing me ever since she arrived, demanding that
