I stilled, his presence in my mind forcing me to freeze in place. It felt almost like being kissed from within, like his fingers were tracing the most intimate, hidden parts of me.

But those parts were a lie. Those parts were a camouflage that he wasn't supposed to find.

I closed my eyes and turned away, breaking his immersion and my trance. I felt his presence fade away from my mind, and my wolf immediately growled, needing more of its mate.

"You should eat," he said after a minute, ...