Standing her ground

“We need to talk.” his tone blared with so much power .

“We have nothing to talk about," Elise argued. She tried to control the incessant pace at which her heart was beating from just being near him, trying to show that he had no control over her, but she was failing miserably.

Their heated breaths were the only sound that filled the silent space as Elise shut her eyes and tried pushing his tempting voice that always shook her resolve and made her body shiver with want away.

Just one look at him reminded her of last night in that damn cave and how she surrendered herself to him, both wolf and body. How her flesh and soul were mended by just his touch.

“We have a lot to talk about; look at me, Elise,” he says, but she stays still, her body still facing the door frame. *Look at me*, and she freezes when she sees that familiar heart behind her.

Slowly turning around, she peers up through her lashes to meet Rygan’s hard gaze that studies her, from her icy blue eyes to the very