••• Damien’s POV •••
Looking at her injured fingers, I felt something stirred inside me - hurt and guilt because I didn't think it through before giving her a gun that was usually used by he-wolves rather than the smaller ones used by she-wolves? It was such an unfamiliar feeling. I had never cared about how other she-wolves felt before. It must be because of the matebond, I thought.
It was never my intention to lick the blood from her injured fingers, but it seemed like my body had a mind of its own as I brought her hand to my lips. Although my body moved on its own, subconsciously, I knew it was a move only meant to make the blood stop and to soothe the pain in those fingers.
My tongue poked out from between my lips, and the moment it made contact, I was hit by such a strong d
