The Obsidian Covenant #1: The Rejected Mate's Ruin
But he forced himself to stay.
He reached out, his rough fingers brushing the small steel bead he had braided into my hair. The metal was cool against my scalp.
"Teeth," he reminded me.
I stepped out of the shadows.
The transition was violent. One second, cool darkness. The next, a wall of heat and blinding light. The artificial suns baked the moisture from my skin instantly.
I wasn't wearing gold. I wasn't wearing a cape.
I wore the matte-black nanoweave suit. It clung to me like oil, cold and synthetic. Over it, I wore battered leather training gear—scuffed, functional, smelling of Viggo’s sweat and Barzil’s polish. I wore the silver wolf pin over my heart.