"The pull. The thirst.” He murmured. “The way your wolf and the new darkness inside you are fighting... and yet drawn to the same thing." Autumn's breathing quickened despite her best efforts to maintain control. She tried to look away, tried to break eye contact, but his gaze held her captive like physical chains. Those silver eyes seemed to see through every wall she'd built, every defense she'd constructed, every lie she was telling herself."I feel nothing but disgust for you," she whispered, her voice betraying her with its tremor. But even as the words came out, her eyes flicked downward to his neck, tracing the line of it, noting the faint pulse beneath his pale skin. The pulse that said alive, that said power, that said feed.Max lifted a hand slowly, deliberately giving her time to pull away, time to object, time to reestablish her boundaries. The courtesy somehow made the moment even more charged, more intimate. When she didn't move away, when she stood there frozen against
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