“Kara, you have to move your hands so I can see.” Cadmus soothed as he tried to pull my hands away. I jerked away from his touch and launched myself off the bed, running into the bathroom and slamming the door shut behind me. I could hear him sigh and lean against the closed door. “Kara, let me help you.” He urged softly. I stood in front of the mirror, gripping the counter so hard my hands ached. My hair was in the way and I didn’t have a clear view of my neck. I was too afraid to reach up and move my hair. And I needed to collect myself and my fractured and chaotic emotions before I went back out to him, afraid he’d see it on me and I couldn’t have that. I could not let him know, let any of them know, that despite my pain and fear, my wolf was drawn to him. Drawn to the power he had, the power that poured from him effortlessly. I was ashamed and I needed to
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