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stark contrast to the storm brewing inside me. In my hand, I clutched a leather portfolio conta

d brass doors looking pale and strained. I just wanted to go home-to the

d with a soft ding.

th caught i

ide were Kad

fraction of a second before his expre

startled gasp and instinctively shrank behind Kaden's arm, her wide

, my back straight, my face a carefully constructed wa

f tension and unspoken history. The air was a war of scents: Kaden's

began its s

sweet, dripping with false concern. "Are you here to s

, meant to remind me that she was privy to

he mirrored wall. My hair was swept up, a few loose stra

my lawyer," I sai

elling up with manufactured tears as she turned to Kaden.

rything?" he directed at me, his voice a low growl.

e. "You mean the place where my husband s

cence. "Miss Black," I said, my voice dangerously soft. "A climbing vine should alw

wayed, her hand flying to her chest as

stepping in front of Bianca, shielding

rical laughter rising in my throat

, is this what your honor as an Alpha has been reduced to? Hidin

d struck it, an

He took a step toward me, hi

elevator chimed, signaling

his voice steadied into something resembling calm. "Bianca, you go ahe

fragile compliance, and slipped

in this metal box with him for another second. I t

iron. With a brutal yank, he pulled me back into the

you think

he breath from my lungs. His body pinned me there, his strength absolute, one hand shackling my w

is mouth w

against mine, hard and unforgiving. His teeth grazed my lower lip, a sharp sting, the taste of iron blooming on my tongue. There was no tenderness, on

is unyielding chest. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't move. The mate bon

imed again. The

tched to enter, was his youn

by his brother, Kaden's hand fisted in my hair, our mouths locked in a kiss that was clearl

heaving. My lips were bruised and stinging,

rm of anger, possession, and something else-

silence like a blade. His amber eyes moved from his brot

a tableau of violence and broken trust,