zie

and me grew even stranger. He stopped his verbal provocations, but

an exquisite dinner, but set for only two. The empty, opulent space felt

silver cutlery-harmless to us, but a stark reminde

t. I would poke the beast, force him to show his true, self

aid, breaking

th a linen napkin, the picture of

I said, looking him dead in the eye, "then to show my own generosity, I give yo

ure in the r

ring in their depths. A wave of pure, suffocating Alpha power slammed into me, pinning me to my chair. My

word a piece of jagge

couldn't back down now.

room, yanking me from my chair. He slammed me against the

compare me to that fool! And never, ever speak of allowing your mate to be with another!" The fury in his voice was a testament

f?" he roared. "For a wolf, a mate is everything! T

urrender. "And what have you done to me? You force m

anted to force you, you would have been mine the first night you set foot i

gly strong with storm and cedar-ignited someth

nto me with a mixture of fury and raw,

room for thought. I struggled, pushing against his chest, but he was an immovable mountain. His hands roamed my body, lighting fires whereve

s, down my jaw, to the sen

the skin of my neck, just above my pulse point, a

shoving him with

ugh, uneven breaths. His golden eyes were rimmed with red, the l

y breath. My whole body was tense, my lips still burning

I s

was sha

nside me. Whatever power he had over me, I could affect him too. I wasn

ides as he fought to regain control. When his eyes opened again, the wildness had faded. What remaine

said hoarsely. "

and walked out, his footsteps quickeni

my swollen lips, then the heated skin of my neck. The memory of his han

could keep this marriage under

truth I'd been refusing to

nted