|| Penelope ||
“Come on, pup, show me what you’ve got!”
Lucian’s voice echoed in the back of my head, sharp and commanding. Pup? I thought, bristling internally. Is he kidding me? I had lived through one lifetime, and this was my second chance. I wasn’t some inexperienced child.
“Now, now, don’t be sassy,” my lycan chided, her voice a soft chuckle in my mind. “He’s a Lycan who has lived for centuries. If we combine both your lives, you’re barely forty-five. To him, you are a pup.”
I sighed inwardly. She was right. In the grand scheme of things, I was merely a pup in his eyes. But that didn’t make it any less frustrating.
James transformed into his wolf, his body shifting seamlessly into a massive gray-brown beast. He stood before me, towering and imposing, his sharp eyes measur
