He bowed in return, mirroring my gesture with perfect grace.
A small, surprised chuckle escaped me. He laughed too—soft, warm—and in that instant, something bright and electric sparked inside my chest.
My heart began to race. Heat crept up my cheeks.
“I should go now,” he murmured.
I nodded, but before either of us could move—
A low growl ripped through the night.
A wild wolf lunged from the darkness, straight at him.
He reacted instantly, spinning with lethal speed. His fist was already rising to strike when the wolf’s paw hooked the edge of his mask and yanked it free.
The blow landed anyway—hard and clean.
For one perfect, moonlit second, the full moon lit his face like daylight.
Julio.
The future Alpha Julio.
My breath caught. My heart slammed against my ribs.
His eyes wid
