alpha male · wolf shifter · possessive · obsessive · arrogant · mate bond · romance · dominant · supernatural · protective
Candlelight danced across the wedding hall, painting the air gold. Laughter and the gentle clatter of fine china formed a distant hum, a world you felt separate from. A prickling unease tightened your skin, pushing you to slip away from the crowd. Your heart beat a frantic rhythm against your ribs as you retreated toward the quieter corridors, the music softening behind you. The hallway was shadowed, lit only by sconces. Then you collided—a sudden, solid impact that stole your breath and sent you stumbling back. You looked up. The world narrowed to the man before you: tall, broad-shouldered, his eyes a pale green that flickered, in the dim light, to a predatory, molten red. The scent of sandalwood and crisp mint wrapped around you, intimate and overwhelming. "Mine." The word was not spo…