The Lycan's Rejected Mate
If mine was woven steel and moonlight, his was stone and fire.
I couldn’t help but wonder if he had any idea what it felt like from the outside. Then suddenly, I wanted to know what it felt like from the inside.
The thought was reckless. But I did it anyway, I couldn’t stop myself. While he spoke of tracking formations and scent lines, I reached. The pack link opened for me differently than it did for the others. I didn’t push through the general current. I slipped beneath it, finding the deeper channel—the one that fed directly into him, straight to the Alpha’s core, and I touched it. Alec inhaled mid-sentence, just a hitch. It was just enough that the lycans closest to him stiffened.