Chapter 5

I didn't move.

There was nowhere to run.

Kael's fangs closed around my throat.

A sharp sting cut across my skin.

Every werewolf around us went pale.

"Alpha!"

Several of them reached for their weapons.

Kael's claws dug into the ground beside me.

His entire body trembled.

The wolf wanted blood.

But something inside him was fighting back.

His fangs pressed harder.

Pain burned along my neck.

Still, he did not bite down.

Instead, he froze.

His nose brushed against my skin.

Then he drew in a deep, ragged breath.

Once.

Then again.

The violent shaking in his body slowly…