The world stopped.Lyra barely realized what she’d done until Kael went completely still beneath her hands.The storm. The screaming. The monsters waiting beyond the kingdom walls—Everything disappeared.There was only him.Only the warmth of his skin beneath her fingers and the sharp inhale he took the second her lips touched his.For one impossible heartbeat, Kael didn’t move at all.Like shock itself had frozen the most dangerous Alpha on the continent.Then the bond exploded.Emotion crashed violently between them— need, relief, fear, want—So overwhelming Lyra nearly lost her balance.Kael caught her instantly.A low sound escaped him. Not quite a growl. Not quite human.And suddenly—He kissed her back.Hard.The force of it stole every coherent thought from her mind.One arm wrapped tightly around her waist, pulling her flush against him while the other buried into her hair like he physically could not keep himself from touching her anymore.The shadows around him erupted viol
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