DEARIL

DEARIL POV

Jade Alvarez was choosing me and as I let my finger trail her skin, my heart hammered against my ribs. The feeling was insane, but I loved it, it was a change from the usual rejection I received every waking hour.

For the first time, someone had chosen to stay with me. Jade had chosen me and that was her undoing because now she was mine. I was never going to let her go, and if I had to kill everything that breath to make sure of it then I would do it without blinking an eye.

My wolf howled its consent and if it wasn't for the fact that our bite could kill her, we would have marked her as ours. Her scent was divine, but I wanted the whole world to know she was mine. I wanted her to reek of me so that they all knew who she belonged tom

Jade stared at me from under her lashes. "Do you really think that you can keep me here forever, away from the world? Away from my family"

The question grated on my nerve but the docile way she'd asked me made me furious. Where was the fire