ElaraMy back pressed hard against the cool wood of my bedroom door as Kaelen leaned in.He was so close I could feel the intense heat radiating off his bare chest. The scent of pine and winter rain rolled off him in suffocating, intoxicating waves, completely matching the massive gray wolf from the ridge. My heart hammered violently against my ribs, a wild, frantic rhythm that I knew his advanced hearing could pick up perfectly.“I don’t need anyone to worry about me,” I managed to whisper, forcing a defiance into my voice that I didn’t entirely feel.Kaelen’s blue eyes darkened, a mesmerizing, predatory gleam swirling in their depths. His gaze dropped to my lips for a fraction of a second before snapping back to my eyes. A slow, infuriatingly handsome smirk tugged at his lips.“We’ll see about that, stepsister,” he rumbled, his deep voice vibrating right through my skin.He stepped back, giving me space, though his intense gaze never left my face. Without another word, he turned on
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