Chapter 16. Mate Pull

Cassian POV

My wolf is on fire, and it’s taking every ounce of self-control to keep from grabbing Lyra and carrying her off to my bed. Her porcelain white skin begs for my touch. Even brushing by the sleeve of her gown moments before caused a jolt of lightning to snake up my veins, and I felt her have the same reaction.

I have to scoot my chair a bit to the side as I sit, but even that doesn’t calm the craving inside me.

But it’s my mother’s dinner party, and carrying off my mate to savor our passions isn’t appropriate, and neither is revealing in front of all these ladies and staff that my mate is a human.

I can’t even stand the fact myself.

It doesn’t mean I wouldn’t enjoy a taste of her, though.

Shoving the thought down, I turn my attention to my mo