us lives. For Catrine Nella, the days following her encounters with Edwardo Zee had been a mixture of restless nights, seething frustration, and a growing, dangerous
ward feeding on humans, but now they sparked something deeper-a desire not just to grow stronger, but to transcend her limitations entirely. The notion that had been quietly forming in her mind for months now crystallized into a dangerous ambition: to be
ascend." But Edwardo wanted more than dominance achieved through bloodshed. He wanted to lead without succumbing to cruelty, to prove that power could coexist with restraint. Tonight, however, he had sensed something in the forest-a disturbance, a surge of power that made the wolf within him restless. He tracked the energy with an almost painful precision, instincts urging him forward faster than human steps could ca
shook the earth, scattering leaves and snapping branches as though the forest itself recoiled from the collision of two predators. Edwardo regained his footing quickly, his wolf form fully embracing the moon's power, yet his strikes were tempered by his discipline. He could have ended her in a single attack, but restraint had become a part of him-a dangerous part when facing a vampire like Catrine. Every attack he made was precise, calculated, testing h
otice things that confused her instincts: the way he had hesitated, the calculated mercy in his strikes, the faint glimmer of something almost... human in his eyes. The realization sent a shiver down her spine. She could not deny the pull she felt toward him-the same pull that drove her ambition to become a hybrid. And Edwardo, fighting not just against her but against the wolf inside himse
er could articulate. Catrine backed away first, her eyes lingering on Edwardo, the desire to strike battling with an unfamiliar impulse to step closer. Edwardo, sensing her hesitation, relaxed slightly, though the wolf inside him growled softly, restless and insistent. Each recognized the subtle tension between them, a force as dangerous as it was compelling. As they retreated in opposite directions, the memo
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