ila

e floor that echoed the hammering of my heart. I expected him to lead me to the grand sta

sharp left toward

he guest r

a heavy oak door, and the roar

tate, a place shadowed by ancient ivy and hidden from the main driveway. The temperature plummeted,

ed over the thunder, wrapp

g with a predatory luminescence. He crowded me against a stone pillar,

he growled, his voice vibrating in my chest. "Out

The lie tasted like ash. "I

. "Your wolf didn't think it was a mistake. She

pacing excitedly, ignoring the c

wool over my shoulders, pulling the lapels together with a rough jerk. The scent of him-sandalwood, rain, and p

r me," I whispered,

ear. "The coward who lets his mistress parade around with his

He knew everything, and he w

ack beast of a vehicle idling in the shadows-a customized Range Rove

muted. Carter slid into the driver's seat, the sudden confinement making the air th

embling in my lap. "The three hundred dollars. I

ached into his pocket and t

stud earring. My earring. The one I

your money," h

shot up my arm, making me gasp. He ignored my flinch, his thumb rubbing roughly over

ateral," Car

my hand back. "Carter, you can't.

him

as tight, but he didn't care about my comfort. He yanke

ed out, but i

My finger felt naked, a gh

s breast pocket. Then, he leaned across the center console. His face was inches from mine, his pupils blown w

's Co

eave him,"

amming into my psyche, wrapping around my will like chains.

voice returning to nor

ks clic

t the phantom heat of his command burned deeper than the cold. I stood on the gravel, clutchi

backward glance, the Alpha King drove into the