Touch me tender, Break me wild: A Steamy Compilation
'What business you got here?
Drake stopped at the edge, hands open to show no threat. 'I come seeking sanctuary, priestess. Name's Drake. Shadowclaw cast me out, but the humans hunt me too. I offer my blade, my strength, for your pack.' His voice was deep, like thunder rolling distant, and it sent a strange warmth through me. That pull again—unnatural, magnetic. Like the eclipse was already linking us.
Thorne laughed, stepping between us. 'Sanctuary? For a scarred traitor? Shadowclaw doesn't exile without cause. What'd you do, Drake? Sell out your own to humans for scraps?'