REED’S POV

The door slammed behind her so hard it rattled the frame.

And just like that—she was gone.

Her scent still clung to the room, warm and maddening, wrapping around me like chains I couldn’t break free from.

Sweet, wild and exhilarating. The kind of scent that made my wolf prowl restlessly inside me, pacing as hard as I was pacing the floor.

I dragged both hands through my hair, jaw tight.

“Damn it, Lilith…”

I could still see her standing there, chest heaving, her ...