a's

he scent of ozone and the looming threat of rain. I stood on the curb

ng shifters pull into the lot, couples stepping out with expressions ranging from gr

yself, though the logic was thin. Alphas didn

available. Again. My chest tightened. After last night-after he had claimed me with such primal

the sidewalk like a discarded toy. I hailed a tax

, I had been a fixture here. Regardless of the weather, regardless of how coldly he treated me, I had walked through these doors e

ward the elevators, a

e an appoin

She was young, her scent marking her as a

voice steady despite the spik

on't see a Lana Vane on the clearance list. And the Alpha is currently in a high-

nt died; he was purging every trace of the old regime. Every staff member his aunt had hand-picked to ensure my comfort

ause a scene in the lobby. I pulled out my phone a

nist to find out I'm your wife-it would be emba

s Vane hated nothing more than a public

e elevator. He looked frazzled, his scent a chaotic mess of stress. "Madam! My apologies.

evator, the silence inside the go

s a tea?" Marcus asked as he pushed open the

oice cold. "I just

lingering, intoxicating scent of cedarwood and forest rain. But the focal point was still the decorative mura

s were writte

ing. And it was

to marry a human. Every time I had brought him his medicine for three years, I had to stand in fr

shut. Silas walked in, his charcoal suit jacket draped over his arm

id three o'clock, Silas. I wa

k. His tone was light, mocking. "Yesterday, you said ten in the morn

, turning to face him. My voice was raspy, the memo

ed glint. "How should I know? I was the one doing all the heavy

can you talk about that like... like you're disc

Alpha, Lana. I don't do shame. I do what I want. And last night,

ve thing I still wore. "Look, we both broke a promise. We're even. If we leave now

pping into his chair and op

down on the polished wood. "Silas! What the fuck i

of sight. The thick, white gauze wrapping my palm was

light in his gaze vanished, replaced by an insti

t notice it last night when you were busy using me, but now you're curious? Don't worry about it.

s brow furrowed, his scent turning sharp and defensive.

I'm being honest. You don

e wounded by my sarcasm. "A dog bites the hand that

ong moment, a strange, lost

e clerk is going to leave!" I waved my han

s desk. "Do you see this? This is a merger worth four billion. Do you honestly think I have time to run across town because you've decided

"It's not like you ever gave me that money, Silas. Why are you s

air. His gaze sharpened, turning predatory. "Or maybe you've found a new source

e silver-rot in my veins feeling lik

im touching you. I saw the way you leaned into him like a pathetic, needy human. Tell me, di

e massive office before I