ox

umbling backward like a s

lush staining her cheeks. I watched her tremble, thoroughly enjoying t

c whisper of wet grass, spiked into something sharp and acrid with sudden anger. He look

Finn demanded, his voic

d. "I-I tripped," she stammered, her voice a breat

credibly amusing. I didn't expose her lie. Instead, I stepped closer, deliberately p

" I drawled, my tone dripping wit

reminder of his absence and inadequacy striking him li

, Sloane looked at Finn. "What

" Finn choked out, his fi

ide it, but Finn caught it. That tiny, involuntary reaction was the fin

e trembling with a pathetic attempt at author

rrying up the grand staircase. The moment she was

y kept his distance. "I know what you're doing. You

so incredibly blind. He thought this was about ou

Hall. The scent of a violent thunderstorm and spent gunpowder swallowed his weak rain s

baritone vibrating in the floorboards. "You see a

terror as the truth finally

ersonal space. "I am going to claim her. And I am going to r

strated, strangled sound. He spun on his heel and stomped up the s

ger, claim my Fated Mate, and shatter my b

heville. The sterile, human scent of carpet cleaner in the hallway did nothing t

ce. The door

ter edge of fear. She tried to block the doorway, offering me a sult

own the hall. "If you're here to tell Hunter about Fin

a fraction of my Alpha aura, forcing her

coldly, staring down at her. "You defil

slung low on his hips, his hair damp. Delilah instantly slithered to his side, wrapping he

row furrowing in surprise.

oring the venomous glare Delil

ed us both a glass of whiskey. I looked at my best fr

you, right?" I asked blun

a fool, Knox. I know about her history with Finn. But

tervention wasn't going to work. If I wanted to save my fri

I'm taking you to Obsidian tonight. There's one on the edge of the neutral zone. A

, then nodded. T