My one shoulder throbbed. My teeth ached, but I thought it was residual pain from clenching my jaw so hard. The warmth of his cheek against my head soothed all that. “I could barely even control it… Like something pulled me out there.”

“That’s what happens when you get your wolf. You feel restless and hot. Your senses become stronger. Instincts start to take over,” explained Colt.

I breathed in, reminded of the strange influx of smells I’d encountered by the piney notes ...