ra

knob, the metal groaning slight

ait," I c

Omega, but the words I chose were sharp and deliberate. Kaele

fixed on the floorboards. "They will smell the Rejection on me by morning. The

they locked onto me. He hadn't expected this. He had brace

ly discarded on her wedding night," I continued, letting my shoulders slump to maintain my submi

ind, his Alpha instincts warring with the cursed blood that demanded isolation. He searched

ased the doorknob and stepped back into the room. "But the

, Alpha,"

heavy suit jacket. Seeing an opportunity to test the absolute limits of his boundaries,

Alpha," I s

ace, the air in the room instantly crystallized. A feral, chest-rattli

ng to a lethal, beastly octave that c

back, bowing my head

ng. The sheer panic beneath his anger confirmed my suspicions. His aversion wasn't just

on the extreme edge, the suffocating scent of Siberian cedar and winter fros

offered

zing rain, the night my mother died. The cold seeped into my bones, h

I needed warmth. I drifted across the mattress, drawn blindly to the onl

t, my fingers curling into the fabric of his sleepwear. As my breath fanned across his skin, releasing a h

ence, followed by a violent shudder that felt li