Xavier“Aliyah…” I whispered, gripping the phone so tight my knuckles ached, my eyes closed against the intensity of it all.Fuck.Is it possible she’s in heat?I immediately shook my head. No. That’s impossible. She’s human. Humans don’t go through heat like a she-wolf, not like that. And yet… the way her voice hit me, low and soft and desperate, had my body reacting in ways I couldn’t explain.Or maybe…Maybe she’s just feeling horny right now.But even as I told myself that, a part of me—the Alpha in me, the instinct that always warns me, kept whispering there was something else. Something more. Something… primal. I could hear it in her breathing, in the way she said my name, stretched just slightly, like she was holding something back.“Xavier?” she asked, her voice soft, almost hesitant. She noticed I had gone quiet.“Yeah… I’m here,” I said quickly, my voice rougher than I intended. “I’m listening.”There was a pause on the other end of the line. A silence that wasn’t empty—her
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