Chapter 4

The sacred grounds still hummed with energy long after the ceremony had ended. My fingers kept drifting to the mark on my neck—Alexander's mark—which tingled with a strange warmth I couldn't explain. The awakening of my wolf had left me disoriented, as if I'd been sleepwalking for eight years and had suddenly been jolted awake.

Alexander had been equally stunned by my wolf's response, his silver eyes widening in shock before his mask of control returned. We hadn't spoken about it since—both of us pretending that our fake mating ceremony hadn't triggered something real and terrifying.

"Your wolf responded to…