voice echoed beh

I turned

and his dark suit clung to him perfectly, sharp enough to cut through the air itself. The last time I saw him, three years ago, he'd been

his eye was still there, but instead of making him look flawed, it made him look dangerou

nable to look away.

ifyingly calm kind of smile.

manage a proper greeting. I just stare

ward me made my pulse quicken. I could almo

ed the weight of authority of an Alpha who never needed to raise his tone to be o

was me. Then, did he also know ab

knows, he'll destroy me. He'll

ammered, trying to take a step b

ng eyes. "You didn't know what? That you were sup

react, his hand

e," I whispe

, but his hand only tightened. My heart pounded as the staff looked away, pretending not to see. No one

! Please! You

car waiting outside. He opened the door and all

moment, he

u didn't know someone

I was told to take the drinks there and I didn't e

to face me, his stare burning through my s

My chest tightened as memories flooded back, my father's voice

it? You would rather live in poverty, h

corners of my eyes,

d. "You really did run

no c-

. "You always

hed into the compartment beside him and pulled

gn

onfusion. "Wha

ending my rut with me. You'll find a h

ed. "You're.you

ensation. It's what

ed. "I don't wa

opping dangerously low. "Are you

arely able

ent and then he exhaled sharply a

ther word as I step

rew me out when I couldn't pay rent. Mira offered me her place to s

black car pulled up beside me. Before I could

ous restaurant. And across from me sat a

antly. He'd always be

"I was beginning to th

hy did you br

g. "Because you f

ed. "Job? What are

the plan was simple, the omega sues the Alpha to make his reputation crumble

ld. "You planne

everything. Now I'm giving you a chance to make up for

m in disbelief

Naomi. You've lost everything.

d teeth, standing up.

brow, amused

My heart pounded as I weaved through the streets, check

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s 's

nst the desk. Papers lay untouched in front of me. I h

faint floral scent. The scent I'd b

sistant stepped in, hesitating

I asked with

finished investigating what happene

lifted my

imulant. The intention was to trigger your rut and have an omega delivered to your

usin a

nts to him. It was his part

air, letting out a bit

take over the corporation, destroy the name I rebuilt from ashes.

a rut like some animal. And worse it was t

om

But how come I never knew that she was working in hi

tered under my breath. "It w

esitated. "The

apped to h

ly. "She met with your cousin at a restaurant. We b

ze. "

at they're working together. Per

d dangerously.

n said. He didn't hear what they were ta

tared back at m

at are y

e quiet and soft spoken, the kind of girl who flinched at raised voices and apologized even when she wasn't w

as my mate. I was so angry I even thought about keeping her in a cage in my house so that she cou

uddenly, s

ay she had trembled that night under me not. I had felt it too, the magnetic pull of her om

he had p

asked cautiously,

ow. "You said they

es

thing from him? M

small jobs since it's hard for an omega to get a better job no matter what high qualifications they have. Is

."Desperate enough to work with a man who tried

mple, closing

, that she'd stumbled into the trap unk

she come to me after? Why hadn't she tried to explain? Why run again? If

ed, torn between

mured, almost to myself. "She said s

ayed

f that's true, why hasn't she sued me yet? That's

t the floor. I walked to the window, watching the

ight eyes looking up at me whenever I helped her study, her nervousness a

did s

eep an eye on h

s,

my co

waiting for a reaction." My lips curved into

and left, closing

lled the o

ed against the papers on my desk, the same documents I had once thrown at

money, she wouldn'

had gone t

lines of tension dee

ded a

hy she met my enemy, why she kept running when sh

ers to my temples

d softly. "What are