us's

elled behind me like

s and ambition. She leaned in closer, lips brushing the shell of my ear as she

n't a

was sc

MINE

severed still pulsed faintly in my chest like a severed artery leaking heat. Every beat sent another wave of her scent crashing

reject

front of the

was punishin

ough not to cause a scene and stepp

nd before she recovered, turning t

gers. Guards snapped to attention as I passed, but I didn't acknowledge them. My wolf clawed at t

o

rivate chambers behind me

I braced both hands on the mantel, head bowed, breathing hard. My reflection stared back from the poli

nt clun

it wrapped around my throat like a noose.

she-wolves in my lifetime

ribcage. I pressed the heel of my hand against i

kn

," I g

My King. The ball continues without inc

came out roughe

ss. She fled into the gardens. Do

snapped out too

ows lifted

tone. "She's banished from the hall t

once and

r click

actly three

summo

ve her wolf yet. She was more or less a human. Instead I sent one of my personal gua

ater, the doo

ped insi

ven know her full name

breasts and the dip of her waist. Her hair had come partially loose, strands sticking to her tear-streaked c

er eyes on

d so hard I a

at her scent flooded me again, overwhelming, addictive. My hands flexed at my sides, claw

k at

d her chi

y, rimmed with red f

beautiful, I wondered h

my command, but the pull was

usal beneath the salt of tears and fear...slick, sw

he hall," I said, voice lo

rted on a s

of her skin radiated through the thin dress. I could see the rapid flutter of her

ued, letting my voice drop to a ru

her neck, following the line of her pounding

," I murmured. "Ba

eath h

y mis

s hung b

ver I want it." I leaned in until my lips brushed the shell of her ear. "You'll come when I call. Spread for

dy tre

n I could feel the heat of her skin, the slight curve of her hip. I pulled her f

sped s

k, thumb brushing the sensitive spot beneath her ear

es." I

y way. But somehow my wolf restrains me. He wa

is offer." I said again whe

moment she

e, voice quie

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hit lik

ghtened in

dn't f

ret," she said. "I will

st collided

lf sn

y extended now, shredding the arms of the nearest ch

t o

dn't h

the door, shoulders str

behind her wit

hard, heart still achin

d refu

refus

chasing her down, pinning her to the forest f