The sound of the carriage wheel running and the driver instructing the horses were the only sounds around because both Iris and Cassian sat in silence. No.....it was mostly him staring at her in silence like he wanted to devour her and Iris could see the meaning behind his gaze. And weirdly, she didn't feel uncomfortable under his gaze. Her reaction differed greatly, her heart thrummed loudly while her body started to grow hotter.
Cassian smirked at her reaction. His mate was reacting to him, his presence near her in these close quarters was likely inducing her heat. Although it was slow and gradual because she was a human, Cassian didn't mind it much. By now, the she-wolves would have pounced on him and begged him to mark them but his little human was different. She was suppressing her dormant instincts toward her mate and this posed a challenge to Cassian.
