Lucian POV
When I woke up, the first thing I felt was warmth. Not the painful scorching kind from silver burns or the wild heat that came with the Blood Moon this was... gentle. Steady. It spread across my skin like dawn light after a long night.
My eyes flickered open, heavy and unfocused. For a second, I didn’t even know where I was. The room reeked faintly of smoke and silver, my body ached in places I didn’t even know could hurt, and my head… gods, it throbbed like someone had cracked it open.
But then I saw her.
Raine.
She was lying just opposite me, her head tilted toward mine, her lashes brushing her cheeks softly. And her hands her tiny, trembling hands were still wrapped tightly around mine.
My chest went completely still. For a heartbeat, I thought my wolf had stopped brea
