ana

that voice still ma

d fluorescent lights of the hospital corridor, I saw his face clearly. The hard, merciless line of his jaw. The sharp bridge

was

ho had shattered my life in a single night. A wave of pur

hitting the hard wall behind

storm of power and that infuriatingly masculine scent. Behind him, another man in a doctor's coat-Dr. Vance, one of the P

my voice a pathetic whisper.

s chest. "Do I? The scent on your skin

hysical blow. My face paled.

y, come in..." Her words died in her throat as she saw the towering figure pinning me to the

trying to duck under his ar

t against the wall beside my head, blocking my e

sting against my ear as he whispe

tion ritu

blood ran cold. He didn't just know wh

ld, cornered-animal fury. If I was g

hloe to hear. "First, I get ruined by a rude, clumsy Alpha who clearly thinks brute force can make up for being emb

ing to see a flicker of

bad in bed" and "ancient, ugly Alpha Montgomery." For a moment

ders shaking with what looked susp

omething else, something I couldn't read. A dark, calculating amuse

detached. "Miss Nichols," he said, his tone mocki

at still carried the weight of absolute authority. I only caught snippets. "...Alpha

ou should be receiving a gift from your 'fiancé' very soon," he murmur

his head slightl

wasn't just some rogue. He held a posi

I spat, my voice trembling w

th a chilling combination of mockery and indi

ing down the now-silent hallway. "Keep an eye on our

lked away, his broad back a

ess fury. My last hope, my one chance at freedom, had just b