THANE POV
*The Hills - The Weekend*
I could hear nothing.
My own heartbeat was too f*****g loud, blood roaring in my ears while adrenaline still burned through my veins.
And if that wasn’t already enough, Ferus was prowling violently beneath my skin while we moved through the trees surrounding Bloodclaw territory, every muscle in my body pulled tight enough to snap.
The wind shifted constantly tonight, carrying damp earth, pine, smoke from the pack house in the distance and—
her.
Always her.
Roses.
Wildflowers.
And that metallic taste in the air right before a thunderstorm tears the sky apart.
It wrapped around my lungs until breathing itself became a f*****g problem.
I walked slightly behind the others automatically.
Aiden was ahead with Alpha Dalton and Alpha Derrick, one ba
