Arvis's gaze bore into the rounded amethyst eyes, a sight both familiar and strangely distant. A tightness gripped his chest as his wolf stirred restlessly—an unsettling sensation he hadn't felt in a long time.
His wolf clawed at his insides. A wave of cold air swept through the room, and the woman's hair, fiery red, swayed like embers in the night air.
Had he met her before? Arvis wondered, a strange familiarity tugging at the corners of his mind. Yet no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't place her.
"Leave her!"
The command escaped his lips before he had even thought it through. His insides churned, a deep, inexplicable anger stirring from the pit of his stomach. He didn't know who this woman was, what was her connection with the bar owner who held her, or what argument had erupte
