Chapter 30: Unchained Desire

Unchained Desire

For three days, Alexander had been under close watch in the pack hospital. The healers had done everything in their power to mend his wounds, but his body was still healing, still fragile. Aria had barely left his side, making sure he ate, making sure he rested—even when he was impossibly stubborn about it.

But the moment he was discharged, a new problem arose.

He wouldn't stop touching her.

At first, it was subtle—his fingers grazing hers when she handed him food, his palm resting on her lower back as they walked, his lips pressing brief kisses against her temple.

Then, it escalated.

By the second night, he was pulling her into his lap whenever she got too close, holding her a little too long when she helped him change his bandages, stealing deeper, lingering kisses whenever she wasn't expecting them.