Chapter 218

He'd stolen kisses whenever he could. Always with declarations of love, coupled with that hungry, desperate look in his eyes that left me a bit fearful, he'd demanded them from me at every opportunity, whenever we were alone, whenever members of his clan were not around to see. Not that he cared what they thought and they'd never have dared to protest otherwise, he was the Great Wolf after all, but it was something he kept hidden, something he did in secret, because somewhere inside, he knew it was wrong, he knew it went against his very nature. I could see it in his eyes every time his lips left mine, when he was still so close that I could see the workings of his mind and his tortured conscience whirling around behind the amber sparks. Those never seemed to fade now either and I couldn't help but wonder if they were now instinctually installed for my benefit whenever he was in my presence, as if the beast inside him wanted to remind me that it was always there, just waiting under the