The roar of cheers in the hall felt like distant echoes compared to the pounding of my own heart. Nigel's voice, loud and raw with joy, thundered across the room even without a microphone. "I knew you wouldn't reject me, Anastasia. I know you love me too!" The words hit me with the force of a wolf's howl, and I felt my pulse spike.
I blinked, still caught in the whirl of adrenaline, our bodies pressed together in a tight embrace. The warmth of his Alpha presence radiated through me, grounding me while igniting a wild, feral part of myself. The pack instincts inside me stirred—desire, protection, and an undeniable urge to belong to him as much as he belonged to me.
