Aidan had resented that lycan ever since he had first set foot in the temple following Rhiannon. He had hated his scent from the very moment he had smelled it, and he had envied his stupidity, or his determination, to let his wolf walk beside Raksha in front of everyone. But what triggered every last one of her nerve endings was seeing him achieve a partial transformation in a second, as if propelled by a small explosion.

His hair turned from gold to gray, extending almost to his waist; his bod