Chapter 46

**Chapter 46**

**Nathan’s POV**

From the dim recesses of the apartment building that loomed over the bustling marketplace, I observed them with an intensity that chilled my very core. My gaze, icy and penetrating, narrowed as I meticulously followed their every movement, each step they took echoing like a drumbeat in my mind.

I was uncertain about the motivation that kept me cloaked in shadows. Was it the dread that witnessing their connection would ignite a fire within me that I could not extinguish? Or perhaps it was a primal urge to see with my own eyes just how deeply their bond had taken root.

But as I lingered there, a tempest of emotions swirled violently within me, a wild beast caged and restless, clawing at the edges of my self-restraint. I could feel my wolf stirring, desperate to break free, yearning to reclaim what was rightfully mine.

I struggled to keep it at bay.

The notion of striding down there, of tearing her away from Peter, consumed me. *She’s mine,* I reminded myself fiercely. *She’s my wife.* The words echoed in my mind like a sacred mantra, yet even as I whispered them internally, I sensed my grip on reality beginning to wane.