Alpha Gideon’s POV

I slammed the door behind me, breathing heavily.

The sight of Vera beneath me, so vulnerable yet so fierce, had shaken something loose inside me — something wild, something I barely kept in check every time i see how i can't seems to control myself neither my wolf.

I leaned against the wall, clenching my fists.

I didn’t mean to scare her.

That was never the plan.

But when she looked at me with those wide, defiant eyes, something snapped inside my chest.

The urge to ...