Chapter 72: A Tale of Two Worlds.

Her world had been shattered the moment she'd laid eyes on that mysterious stranger. A creature from the realm of myth and legend, he crossed every boundary of reality versus fantasy that she had ever thought to be true. Raised with the ancient traditions and customs that govern the intricate hierarchies of the werewolf world, Chloe had been reared on. She'd been brought up as a young pup in respect of the sacred bonds that tied her kind together, honoring the lineages that stretched back through the mists of time. Yet when she peered deep into his eyes—those fathomless pits—something in her stirred: a desire fiercer than all others, even threatening to unravel the very fabric of her existence. Chloe did try at first to resist the creeping magnetic pull of that mysterious being. The familiar tenets of her world were clung to, and the routines she had formed around them—safeguards since time immemorial—were grasped for in times of doubt. But each passing encounter brought a further