Third Person's POVFresh from the shower, Elena was dressed in a pair of clean cotton pajamas.It was a strictly conservative two-piece set—long sleeves and long pants—hiding every curve of her body.However, the neckline was a slightly loose square cut.As Zander leaned over to apply the medicine, his gaze only had to drop an inch to see more than he bargained for.First, there were her collarbones, pale and delicate like twin crescent moons.Following the line of her skin downward, he caught the rhythmic rise and fall of her chest, her breathing shallow and nervous.Her post-bath skin held a faint, rosy glow, like a ripening peach.Pale, soft, and unintentionally provocative.Zander's fingertip was resting right over her carotid artery. His lungs were filled with that sweet, clean scent that was uniquely hers.His hand froze. His pale gold eyes darkened with a sudden, turbulent hunger.The pride of the Blackthorns, the Alpha who bowed to no one, felt his chest heave as his pulse ham
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