Onyx (James POV)

My body felt as if it were on fire. Every nerve ending was pulsing in hot agony.

I felt Onyx break the restraints in my mind, making my head pulse with tiny explosions of pain. Then he forced the shift, all within a matter of seconds.

‘Where the hell have you been?’

‘Later,’ he growled, ‘I have some business to take care of first.’

I knew exactly what business he was referring to. Onyx was a bloodthirsty wolf. He loved the hunt. Loved being on the front lines. But more importantly, he loves to protect.

He’s got a knight complex.

Rosa’s scent swirled heavily around me, sending a shiver through Onyx. Sweet rose and savory peaches overwhelmed me like a drug coursing through my veins. I’d smelled her scent before. Faintly lingering in the house or blowing in the wind, but this was something entirely different.

Even when I’d realized that Marina was my mate for the first time; It didn’t feel like this.

Onyx growled, the sound shaking the earth beneath our paws. Flutters above our head sign