LUCIAN
I walked down the hallway with my heart hammering against my ribs, and I couldn't believe that Mira had actually kissed me. I couldn't believe that all it took was one kiss from her to nearly break me, and the feeling of her lips on mine was still burning. I reached my room and slammed the door shut, resting my back against the heavy wood as I struggled to catch my breath.
My wolf was clawing at the surface, his instincts screaming for me to go back and claim her, and he was ready to mark her for the second time right there on the training floor. If I didn't control myself, I would have given in to my desires and lost every bit of the authority I had spent years building. I stayed there for a long time, forcing the heat in my blood to settle and pushing the animal back into the d
