Ava’s POV
After Kane left, I went to my room. I just stood there, still breathing hard, my lips swollen from his kiss. His words echoed in my head, over and over again.
You’re mine, no one else. Mine alone.
I pressed my hand to my lips. I could still feel the heat, spreading through every part of me. My whole body was shaking not from fear but from the memory of his hands on my skin, his voice in my ear, the way his wolf growled like he wanted the whole world to know I was his.
Minutes passed, maybe more. I was waiting for him to come, Ella was restless, she was pacing inside me, whispering that Kane was ours. That nothing could break what had just happened.
Then I heard a knock on the door, jolting me out of my thoughts.
“Ava Wynter,” a deep voice called through the door. “The Counc
