nore

I just turned and walked out of the medical station. To stay another second, to watch

stian called after me, his

pace quickening.

t didn't reek of blood and deceit. I walked a few paces into the trees, leaning

tself from the shad

down again

expression grim. I'd forgotten he was supposed to be her

"No," I said, my voice hollow. "I let my

leonore. It's kindness. You have a good heart." He lifted his hand, his movem

stray leaf from my hair when a force li

into a chest as hard and hot as a furnace. Cristian's sc

window of the station. He had seen Cornell rea

e against him. His eyes, burning with a possessive f

n snarled, the sound a low, primal growl

ur mate?" he taunted, his voice dangerously soft. "Is this how you treat

raw power. It was the gala all over again,

led in his grip, but it was use

edge from the perceived challenge from Cornell, roared in his mind. It wou

ll completely. He started dragging me toward t

o transparent, that I would h

ncern. "Cristian, your arm... let me take care of it," she pleaded, tr

ian roared, not e

iation. For the first time, his anger wasn't directed at me. It wa

for the rival Alpha watching

nched the passenger door ope

I had nothing

He grunted in surprise, his grip loosening for a fraction of a second. It was all I neede

didn't even understand. I looked at the woman standing behind him, her face a pi

my voice dripping with a cold

the door. The engine roared to life. I didn't look in the rearview mirror as I sped away, leaving