Jasmin's POV
The familiar sound of the door opening made my pulse skip. "I'm back." Max's voice carried that dangerous undertone that never failed to send shivers down my spine, like a predator announcing his return to claim what was his.
My chest tightened instantly. Between everything that had unfolded recently, I'd managed to push aside the fact that Max was scheduled to return to our shared room today. When Clyde and the other Alphas were present, I could somehow maintain my composure around him. But now, here we were, completely alone.
Just him and me.
Behind a locked door.
The reality hit me like a freight train. This wasn't just any ordinary guy I was dealing with. This was Max, the Alpha who had laid his heart bare, whose lips had claimed mine, whose arms had held me close, and who made his desires crystal clear. He was temptation incarnate, and what terrified me most was how my wolf responded to his presence in ways that defied all logic.
