Their lips fused together. Eloise couldn't move her jaw at all, so she could only let saliva drip from the corner of her mouth.
This wasn’t a kiss. It was punishment.
Torture.
Eloise shut her eyes, forcing herself not to shed a single tear. She had long since realized her pain meant nothing to the man in front of her. Or rather, the beast in front of her.
Inside Ainsley, Adrian stirred.
She’s trembling! She’s afraid of us.
Ainsley could feel his wolf’s anguish twist through his mind like a blade. Adrian ached for Eloise in a way that Ainsley didn’t fully understand.
Why does she always flinch away? Adrian’s voice was pained. Why does she fear me when all I want is to protect her?
Ainsley’s grip on Eloise tightened. His lips pressed against hers, not just with punishment, but desper
