**Lucien's POV**
Damn it. This girl drives me insane every single second. Two days—just two days—and she's already making me lose control like this.
Touching her twice was bad enough. The first time was when my hand brushed against her bare back to remove those cursed threads her wretched mother put in. The second time was when I wrapped my arms around her from behind to save her from choking. Both times, my skin burned like wildfire, and that scorching sensation hasn't stopped.
No one—no one—has ever made me feel this way since… Azazel.
I've been with other she-wolves, plenty of them. Meaningless nights meant to drown the grief and silence the ghosts. But not once did my body react like this—this maddening heat crawling under my skin, this ache twisting in my chest.
And now, just thinking about her… my pulse is racing again.
Damn it!