Chapter 116

Elodie’s POV

For a moment, I forgot how to breathe.

The knock still echoed faintly through my room, the sound barely fading before Kiernan’s hand swept across my mouth in a firm, steady line. His palm was warm, callused at the center, smelling faintly of pine and something darker—something that had been haunting him for a week.

My wolf froze first, caught between elation and a fierce, startled pan