Semua Bab Moon's Restraint: The Alpha's Dangerous Obsession: Bab 41 - Bab 45

He was reaching for me.I saw it clearly now... not mistaken, not imagined. Priest Anon’s hand lifted with quiet certainty, his gaze fixed on me in a way that made my chest tighten before I could understand why.He did not slow.He did not hesitate.It was not the same calm gaze from before. It felt different now... intent, certain, focused in a way that left no space for doubt. It was not a question. It did not feel like he was waiting for permission.My body would not move.'I should step back...'I didn’t.My breath caught somewhere in my chest, shallow and tight, as if even the smallest movement would break something fragile and dangerous between us.His eyes did not leave mine.Not when the room fell silent.Not when the distance between us shortened.The warmth under my ribs stirred again... soft at first, then clearer, like something in me was answering him before I could understand it.'...why does it feel like this...?'He stepped closer.His hand lifted higher.And then—A h

He did not let go.His hand remained around mine as he led me out of the room, firm enough that I could not mistake the intent behind it, steady enough that no one could call it rough. The wolves moved aside before we reached them. Some lowered their heads. Some stepped back too quickly, as if they had only just remembered where they were standing. No one tried to stop us. No one spoke.The silence followed us anyway.I could feel eyes at my back as we crossed the corridor, but they did not linger long. The farther we went, the quieter the palace became. The tension from the hall behind us did not disappear. It only changed shape. It narrowed. Focused. Settled into the hand holding mine and the tall, silent figure walking a step ahead of me.'...he still hasn't let go...'I looked at our hands once.His fingers were closed around mine with quiet certainty. Not tight enough to hurt. Not loose enough to forget.Deliberate.That was the word.Every step he took felt deliberate.He did no