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ls-Royce bearing the silver crest of

lone, handed my single suitcase to the driver, and slid into

ing out of a monolithic sixty-story building. The car bypassed the main

r me by the private elevators. He had a calm,

Kieran Heath, Beta to Alpha Carlisle. Welcome to The

y steady. I followed him into the private elevator. As th

d discarded me in a hotel room. I practiced my breathing, f

ed open, revealing a ma

skyline. Even from behind, the sheer, suffocating pr

e hummed, eager to taste that pure, violent power again. Kieran bowed his head,

is face, my heart gave a t

k, piercing eyes that had looked at me with such raw hunger fi

intoxicating and lethal. But I didn't let my mask slip.

line of my shoulders. There was no recognition. His gaze was entirely

saction. A fleeting sting of irony hit me, quickly replaced by cold relief. If he d

low, commanding rumble that lacked any

owledged, my voice smoot

desk and pushed a thick leather folde

one-year marriage on paper. No physical contact. Total financial separation. And yo

place. I was a political prop, never to threaten Meredith's

name on the dotted line. "If we are finished here, I w

at my lack of intimidation, and he wave