Freya was too stunned to move, her mind was trying to understand what caused the sudden shift in Kade's demeanor.
He had never shown her this side of him before; passionate, desperate, almost feral. He had always been cold to her, distant, treating their bond like a political arrangement rather than something sacred.
Yet there he stood, his eyes burning into hers, with an intensity that made her knees weak, as if she was the one thing that mattered to him in the whole world.
"What... what is happening?" She could only think to her, unable to find her voice.
She wondered what had triggered this change, yet found herself unable to resist his touch. The fire of the mate bond sparkled between them and her wolf who had been waiting impatiently for their consummation began to purr with anticipation.
"*Finally! Finally, our mate wants us!*" Her wolf sang jubilantly in her mind.
