Forbidden To Touch, Fated To Love
Alcaraz Tower's rooftop lounge is reserved for pack elite only, glass walls on every side, string lights strung across an open-air ceiling, the city glittering below like it existed just to make this view prettier.
I step through the frosted doors and scan the crowd for him, finding him easily as Elias always is easy to find in a room — something about the way he stands, like the space around him exists to frame him and nothing else.
Tonight, that frame includes a she-wolf I don't recognize, tucked under his arm, giggling at something against his throat. His shirt is open two buttons too many. There is lipstick on his collar that isn't hers, and lipstick on his mouth that probably is.