See?” she said softly, her voice barely more than a breath. “I’m learning.”
Damien gave a low, humorless chuckle. “You’re dangerous when you say things like that.”
Aurora frowned slightly, tilting her head. “Why?”
He hesitated, his hand lifting as if to brush a strand of hair behind her ear but he caught himself midway, his fingers curling instead. “Because I might forget that you’re still figuring things out.”
Aurora’s wolf purred in her mind, faint but pleased.
He’s trying to resist you.
The words made her chest tighten. And for the briefest second, she wanted him not to resist.
But Damien stepped back, putting space between them again though the effort it took him was written clearly in his eyes.
“That’s enough for today,” he said, voice rougher than before. “You’re doing well,
