RAVENI groaned as I tried to stretch, a sharp pain flaring through my lower back. It wasn’t sudden—it bloomed slowly, like fire spreading under my skin, settling deep where I couldn’t escape it. When I forced myself upright, the ache followed, dragging through muscle and bone until even sitting felt like a mistake.My breath came shallow.The sheets slid against my legs, heavy, warm, carrying a scent that made my stomach twist. Wolf, faint but unmistakable. My own body reacted before my mind caught up, tension snapping through me as if I were bracing for impact.That was when I felt it, a gaze.My spine stiffened, every instinct screaming. Slowly, carefully, I turned my head.Ellis was kneeling on the floor beside the bed.Not standing over me, not pacing like a caged animal. Kneeling—back straight, hands loose at his sides, head bowed slightly as if he’d been there a long time. His hair was unbound, falling into his eyes, his expression tight with something that didn’t look like hun
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