Chapter 34
Jain gave the thier the address, then tell ødent, her her feet mall, hufeulficant. The realization brought
I toimed to lay something though I wasn’t mine what only to find she had fallen asleep, her beat around her shoulders. In sleep, the looked in young and vulnerable:
Asleep, her features ielaxed into an innocence that made my chest ache in an unfamiliar myselt teaching out to gently brush it away. My fingers lingered on the inftoess of her. sarprised event me
rinitely discomfort.
bat dark fan but fallen across her.
My well whined, urging me to pull her these, to wrap my as and her and protect her from the world. The impulse was on thing that my arm had actually began his 10, before 1 caught mysell. ked my hand back as if burned
The space between on the Backseat suddenly seeñied both too wide and not nesily wide enough. I forced myself to look meny, košeg passing outside, but my body remained acutely aware of her presence her even breathing, her subtle scent, and the corven barely visible benes
What was happening to me? I bad spent years building these walls, perfectly controlling my wolf and my desires. And now this it off had breached my defenses effortlessly, without even trying. The discovery was both terrifying and infuciating
Twenty minutes later, we pulled up in front of a neat suburban home. Two people were standing anxiously on the sidewalk- skinny boy from the club,
“Stop here, I instructed the driver.
redheaded gurt and the mit.
The pair turned toward the car, their expressions shifting from worry to shock as they recognized who was delivering their friend. They immediately lowned their heads, the instinctive response of lower ranking wolves in the presence of their Alpha.
“Alpha,” they murmured in unison, their voices barely audible.
The boy’s gaze quickly darted to the backseat, the redhead following his line of sight, gasping when she saw Erin asleep.
“Erin!”
she exclaimed, rushing forward. Is she okay?
“She’s fine,” I answered coldly. Just drunk. Get her out of my car
The redhead–Amy, presumably–nodded quickly. “Of course, Alpha. Thank you for bringing her to us. Weve been so worried. After she disapprated from the club, we looked everywhere. We brought her bag and phone back, hoping she’d come too.”
The boy approached carefully, gently opening the car door. He reached in, lifting Erin with surprising tenderness. Something about the genuine care and affection he showed her ignited an inexplicable anger in my chest.
“Thank you, Alpha, Amy spoke again as the boy carried Erim toward the house. “Well take good care
of
I nodded curtly, my eyes following Erin’s form until they disappeared inside.
A fierce possessiveness struck me when the boy capied her away. My hand unconsciously clenched into a fist, my jaw tightening with a fury I couldn’t fully comprehend
The urge to go after her and take her back was a powerful it almost choked me. My wolf growled in agreement, experiencing her loss as a physical pain. This instinctual reaction deeply troubled me.
Yet even as she was taken away, I knew with certainty that sleep would elude me tonight. My bed would feel empty and cold, my skin restless with unfulfilled desire.
“Where to next, sit?” the driver asked softly.
Chapter 34
haja permented fiery mine of the car.
–“Darkwood Estab,,, I finally said, tearing the paze from the house when trin náð slept. I needed to jotain to my true,
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