The Kiss of the Wyrm

POV VAELIA

My heavy eyelids flutter open, and a sharp spike of panic hits my nervous system. A massive man lies in the bed directly beside me. A muscular arm wraps securely around my waist like an iron band, pinning me in place. The morning light filters into the quiet room, and recognition slowly settles in my foggy brain.

Alpha Zarek.

He is shirtless. His broad, heavily muscled chest rises an