LYRA

"It's not what it looks like, you were hurt and I…"

My mind was spinning nonstop, I couldn’t even believe the amount of nonsense I was saying.

He just kept looking at me, his frown growing deeper and deeper.

"What did you see?" His harsh and cold voice suddenly cut through the air.

"Can you understand what I’m saying?" I replied excitedly, worried he wouldn’t understand me since he hadn’t spoken at all.

I tried to get up, to escape from this embarrassing situation, but his calloused hand grabbed my arm tightly.

"What did you see?" He asked again, his tone sharper and more dangerous this time.

"Just that you fought that animal and defeated it," I answered, pulling at my arm, though he was my mate, I didn’t like his threatening aura.

I didn’t dare confess what I had discovered in his wolf.

"Can you smell me? You and I…"

"Shut up," he interrupted suddenly.

I had forgotten how rude he could be, but his eyes quickly shifted to a direction, and my instincts also kicked in.

"Some peop