CAIN.
I let out a low, frustrated hiss under my breath the moment the knock echoed from the door, sharp, ill-timed, and irritating as hell. Of all the moments someone could interrupt, it had to be now, right when the air between us thickened and my control trembled dangerously close to snapping.
For a second, just one reckless second, I had wanted to forget everything. Forget Amelia. Forget the pack. Forget the rules.
I had wanted to lean down and claim Melissa’s lips fully, taste them, devour every soft sound she would make beneath me. To hell with consequences.
But the knock jolted me back to reality, slicing clean through the wild haze clouding my mind. I swallowed hard, and a wash of relief followed the frustration, because if I had kissed her, if I had crossed that line fully, I w
