Lyra's POV
Author's Note, Trigger Warning
This chapter contains explicit blood play connected to werewolf bonding and intense emotional responses. The content includes biting that draws blood, visible bleeding, and blood sharing between partners during consensual intimate contact. If blood in sexual situations makes you uncomfortable or could be triggering, please use caution or skip this chapter. Though knowing you, you'll probably love every twisted second.
His lips disappeared from mine without warning. The sudden absence left me gasping. Frigid air swept in where his heat had been moments before.
He retreated. His breathing came in harsh, uneven pants that mirrored mine. His stare was untamed and shadowed and torn.
"These thoughts shouldn't be in my head." The words scraped out raw. Ripped from somewhere buried deep. "I should have more control. I should be stronger."
He raked fingers through his hair. Yanked the strands like punishment for what had just passed between us.
