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Chapter Nine

Author: Kelace
last update publish date: 2026-01-17 01:29:41

Max’s POV

The moment I enter her, she let's out a sharp, startled sound.

It is something I recognize. That breathless sting of pain from an untouched female. The sound hits me like a blade. It shreds the last of my restraint, lodging deep and low, stirring instincts I have mastered over centuries.

I still.

While every fiber in me screams to move. To claim. To finish this with the raw force that defines my kind. But something holds me, deliberate, calculating. I am no fledgling, thrashing i
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