Nina
I wake up with him beside me, the warmth of his body seeping through the thin towel draped over us both. His skin feels different now—softer, like the roughness of his former alpha form has faded. His heartbeat is steady beneath my ear, the thrum of it reminding me that he’s still here, still Jaxon.
He did somehow still manage to wear me out with s*x after all.
But there’s something else. He’s human now. No longer the fierce alpha I once knew. It’s like the strength in his frame is there, but the energy... the raw, wild energy that always seemed to vibrate off him is just... gone. He feels smaller somehow, more fragile. I don’t know if it’s just the vulnerability of his current state or if it’s the fact that everything has changed.
He shifts beside me, still wrapped in the towel,
