Chapter 37 Did You Find Him?

LUCIEN I didn't drive back directly to the hotel like I was supposed to. Instead, I wound down the windows, stepping on the accelerator harder than was necessary. The car whizzed past a series of buildings in a breeze. My instincts warred with myself, and underneath I felt the need giving way to anger. "Why?" I demanded aloud. My hands tightened on the steering wheel. Why did Kara have to act like that? Why couldn't I look away when she stared at me, vulnerable and drunk, and I knew I could have taken what I wanted, knew that it was exactly what I had been craving for all this time, but I didn't. A deep breath escaped me. It wasn't the full moon, it wasn't close to it, but I could feel my wolf just around the surface. I shook my head, trying to clear out her image, but it didn't work. I considered stopping at a bar to grab a drink for myself, but I didn't, knowing full well that if I got drunk, I was going to drive right back to the apartment and pin Kara against the wall, and this tim