The pull started before the sun went down. I felt it in my fingertips first. An itch that spread like wildfire through muscle and skin. Every breath I took tasted sharper. Shade paced across the hotel room like a trapped wolf, which was precisely what he was. "This isn't normal." I pressed the heel of my hand to my chest. My skin burned from the inside out. He spun. His movements were too fast. Eyes glowing. Shoulders rigid. "It's the moon. It's… too much. The instincts. They shouldn't be this strong off pack territory." He wasn't wrong. The pressure clawed at my spine. My stomach hurt. The bond between us had never pulled this hard. I wanted him, needed him, but it went deeper than s*x. My body was begging for something else. My wolf thrashed beneath the surface. She couldn't even des