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Chapter 72. The Wolf Who Would Not Yield

Author: J. P. Dillon
last update publish date: 2026-10-06 07:01:56

CHAPTER 72 —The Wolf Who Would Not Yield

Drago felt it before I did.

A spike. A snap. A violent twist in the air that punched straight through my ribs—sharp enough to make my breath stutter and my spine lock. It wasn’t subtle. It wasn’t instinct. It was a territorial alarm bell ringing straight through bone, vibrating through marrow, demanding attention.

“She moves wrong.” “She moves toward danger.”

His voice wasn’t a whisper. It was a clawed grip around my lungs, dragging my awareness toward h
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