The Obsidian Covenant #1: The Rejected Mate's Ruin
It bit through the leather of my glove, numbing my nerves instantly.
But beneath the cold, beneath the terrifying hum of the Barzil core she had swallowed, there was a beat.
Blood pulsed against my palm—rhythmic, insistent. Each pulse hit like a fist against bone. Human. Fragile.
"Feel that?" she whispered.
Her slit-pupiled violet eyes locked onto mine. Her pupils were sharp, black needles.
"That's a heart, Wolfy. It's beating. It's scared."
"I detect... arrhythmia," I stammered.