Alex POV
The night air bit at my skin as I stepped onto the balcony, but I welcomed the cold. It kept me present. Kept me anchored.
The estate stretched out below, the gardens silvered in moonlight, every tree casting long, skeletal shadows across the grass. Under the full moon, everything looked beautiful… and dangerous.
The rogue’s attack replayed in my mind again and again.
The wild hunger in its eyes.
The feral strength.
The way Riley and I had moved together like one creature with two bodies.
The way my power had pulsed under my skin — sharp, hot, barely contained.
I gripped the railing until my knuckles whitened.
I wasn’t just awakening.
I was unraveling.
And I didn’t know what I’d become when I finally came undone.
A soft footstep behind me made my chest tighten.
I didn
