ra

emory of my surrender-that moment I stopped fighting-burned behind my eyes. My hea

asn't

or of charcoal. The air smell

rced the fog of my hangove

a

was a landscape of sculpted muscle, the skin marred by faint, silvery scars. My

response was to fall into the bed of my fiancé's brother. The Alpha. Th

to g

dy screamed in protest, a brutal reminder of the night's madness. The sig

. I didn't dare look at him, didn't dare b

ld, I crept towards the door. My heart hammered a

the cool metal of t

mewhere,

d laced with an amusement t

ody rigid. Sl

ist. His hair was a mess, but his eyes, those dar

f emotion. "Last night was a mistake. We were bo

e bed, wrapping a towel around his waist with an infuriating la

m him, was suffocating. My Omega instincts

harp pain grounding me. I forced my

" I said to him ang

skin. He reached out, his fingers closing around my chin, forcing my he

" he said, his voice a low rumble. "

r ran down my spine. I jerked my head back, tryi

!" The words were acid in my mouth.

lash with something cold and hard. Hi

deserve you," he growled. "F

belong to no one! You can't control me!"

't even

faster. His body slammed against the door, trappin

his breath hot

a power that vibrated through the very a

fiance, it all crumbled. My knees gave out, my legs turning

ught it, digging my nails into my

he pressure. The Command receded, but t

lips brushing my ear, sending another unwanted sh

beast far more dangerous than Julian could ever be-a

rse, began to ring. The scre

phone, and with a flick of his thumb, sil

ian," he commanded, his voice leaving