Alpha Orion
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"It's... a biological response. The heat is what happens to she-wolves and to their mates if the bond isn't yet complete. It's nature's way of ensuring... reproduction."
Her brows shot up. "You're joking."
"I wish I were."
"I'm human, Orion!" she shot out incredulously.
He nodded once, his jaw tight. "I know."
The words hung there, heavy and inexplicable.
Rey stared at him as if he'd just told her the moon had fallen into the sea. But the memory of the night before rushed back: the burning under her skin, the way her body had come alive when he touched her, and the desperate ache that had pulsed deep inside her.