lla
booth of The Gilded Bean, an upscale café three blocks away. My hands shook so violently that the china
ice was firm, lacking its usual playful lilt. "You look like you'
ross the table, Azalea watched me with the intensity of a predator assessing its prey. She
ade of amber, locked onto mine. "That ring. The Blackwood guards.
d hard. "A
"Braydon is unhinged. If you've got yourself mixed up with some dangerous undergrou
hispered, my voice trembling
spoons and the murmur of other patrons seemed to fade into a dull
the words sounding foreig
s turned white. "We signed the papers yesterday. It's a..
r to scream, to flip the table, to accuse me
rt and quickly spiraled into a full-blown, hysterical cackle. She thr
ched across the table and grabbed my hand, squeezing it tight. "
n't mad?" I ask
've done? Braydon Hyde just threatened the Lycan King's wife. My father isn't just an Alpha,
h a newfound respect. "So, I gu
nds. "It's just a contract, Az. He needed a wife to
"Well, you definitely got that. Nobody touches Dal
as she stared at a point over my shoulder. The air around her sh
ed the telepathic connection of the pack, but
to her irises. She looked at me, her expression
nked me," s
"Is he angry? Did th
ly. "But he didn't ask about the
at her.
orders. He commands. He demands status reports. In twenty-two years, I have never heard him ask a question
erous warmth bloomed i
't afford to be delusional. Hope was
away from hers. "Don't romanticize it. I am an investment. His property was attacked on his ter
ink so. I felt his tone through the link. It
p again to hide the tremor in my lip. "That's all it w
more than Braydon's rage. She thought this was a fairy tale starting. She didn't understand that monsters li
self to the most dange
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