POV: Daniel

I left the library before I destroyed the place.

Step after step, the tether choking tight against my neck. Boot after boot hitting tile and dragging a leash across my chest. I didn’t trust myself to breathe the same air she did for one more goddamn second.

The bear was in me. It wanted blood and sweat and slick and it wanted her. It wanted to drag her against the stacks, rip that jacket from her back, and fuck her until the bond flared white-hot. Every wall ...