Unexpected Defiance

Vane Silas Adler's POV:

My ferocious roar rattled the bedroom windowpanes.

The sheer volume of the shout tore through the quiet bedroom, echoing against the vaulted ceiling above us. Hazel flinched at the brutal spike in my tone. The sudden shift in her posture suggested she might bolt for the door. I braced myself for the inevitable waterworks. I waited for her to scramble away like a wounded