SETH. I fought with every ounce of my willpower to remain still, trying my absolute best to be satisfied with simply holding her small waist in my hand. But the beast within me refused to be pacified. My wolf was thrashing against my ribcage, stirring like a wild, starved predator that had just caught the scent of its ultimate prize. It was a maddening, relentless thrum in my veins that I could barely contain. It was utterly bizarre. I had never, in all my years as an Alpha, experienced a physical reaction this intense with anyone before. Yet this fragile, pathetic human girl was somehow pulling such a violent, overwhelming response out of me. It was humiliating, and it infuriated me that she possessed such power over my instincts. To regain control, I kept my eyes shut and began

