The private quarters aboard the Vance Aegis were steeped in a quiet, heavy silence. Outside the reinforced viewport, the dark waters of the Pacific churned beneath the pale light of the waning moon, but inside, the air was warm, rich with the heavy, intoxicating scent of pine and crushed frost clover—Dominic's pure alpha scent.Clara sat cross-legged on the wide, leather-bound sofa, her hands resting softly over her lower abdomen. Her dark hair fell in wild waves over her shoulders, lit by the faint rhythmic glow coming from under her palms.Dominic stood a few feet away, his broad chest bare, showing off the faded scars from his battles. His grey eyes glowed with restless, molten gold, while his inner wolf paced behind his ribs like a caged beast. He couldn't take his eyes off her. Every protective, feral nesting instinct he possessed roared at the edge of his consciousness, demanding he hold her, cover her, and shield her from the impending war waiting seven miles beneath the ocean.
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