Chapter 331

Cleo's POV

I never should have agreed to this.

A day had passed since I smuggled Theron into my bedroom, and already the walls felt too close, the air too heavy. My sanctuary-the one place where I was untouchable-now carried his scent. It clung to the blankets I'd given him, faint traces of iron and smoke laced with something wilder, something that stirred my wolf in ways I couldn't name.

He didn'