Her lips were so close I could feel her breath on my skin.
"Completely," she'd whispered.
That one word shattered every wall I'd built around myself.
My wolf was clawing at my chest, demanding I claim what was mine. The scent of her fear from the vampire attack still clung to her skin, mixing with something sweeter. Something that made my head spin.
Want. Pure, desperate want.
I'd almost lost her tonight. That bloodsucker had been seconds away from tearing out her throat, and I'd almost been too late.
The thought made rage burn through my veins all over again.
"Axel," she breathed my name like a prayer.
My thumb traced her bottom lip. So soft and just so perfect.
"I can't," I said, even as every cell in my body screamed at me to take her. "You don't know what you're asking."
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