Serena POV

The low, continuous whine was a sound that didn’t belong to the Lucien I knew.

Rheon pressed his massive head against my hand, his wet nose nudging at my palm like a creature desperate for reassurance. His whole body trembled, a deep vibration rippling through his thick obsidian fur and crawling straight into my bones.

This wasn’t the ferocious Alpha who had just sent his beta crashing into the wall like a rag doll.

This was a wolf kneeling at my feet. A wolf who was ...