ra

, cutting off the thumping bass. Ivy dragged me into th

rb the shock or soothe my fractured mind, the emotional whiplash hit me with the force of a freight tr

coaxed, her fiery aura wrapping a

lanned it. Rhys and Cadence... they orchestrated that whole fight. But why? Why did Cade

lative bitch. We are going to your father. We'll go to Alpha Clive. O

defeat. "The Morrison Pack will protect their future Alpha at all costs. And my parents? They will just say the wolfless, def

r eyes glazed over. Her posture went rigid-the

frustration. "My Gamma is calling all Warriors back.

low numbness into my voice. "I'm

as a

n neutral territory. The air was thick with cheap liquor, sweat, and the aggressive, territorial sc

" I told the sc

throat had barely dulled the agonizing ache in my chest. I signale

speak, the air a

hairs on my arms stand up. Then, the scent hit me. *Cedar and a violent, electric storm.* I

, with sharp, aristocratic features and dark hair, but it was his eyes that froze the brea

nder. His gaze was entirely

ibrated straight down to my bones. He leaned in slightly, the storm in his scent wrapp

name. He knew exactly what I was doing. Howe

Laurent, that's my name," his dee

eart. I was done being the good, obedient Omega. I was done being a pawn. I looke

ed, my eyes locking onto his. "Then you s

my small hand wrapping around his strong wrist,

illuminated glass of the Sovereign Hotel across the street. I was throwi

skull was the first

st night crashed into my hungover brain-the desperate touches, the intoxicating sce

p, clutching the duvet to my bare chest. The penthouse s

to lea

s from the plush carpet. I just needed to slip out, pretend this catastrop

s for Omeg

roz

, trailing down the heavily muscled, scarred expanse of his bare chest. The shee

"I thought you weren't one anymore. P