a P

al, surfing through the channels, when a newscaster's voice suddenly

the sentence, Theo aggressively jabb

ck. "Um... you don't

hout missing a beat. "That Corbet

rip tightening on the stee

inger at his own face. "Mom, I've seen h

ection was so painfully obvious that even

t the Alpha King from snatching you away back to his territory one da

at Alpha Solomon ever wants to claim me, he

o smart? The pressure of rais

d laughter. "Hahaha

losing that sharp edge. "You don't need

to look at him, my hands were actually trembling on

e seriousness. "I only want to stay by your side.

, a lump forming in my throat. "You li

ncle Ian taught me. He said if I coaxed you like t

ng out a deafening honk. That son of a bi

park. Ian took Theo's hand to go buy the tickets, leaving me standing alone

n the back of my neck stand up. A suffocating, all-too-familiar

a instincts screaming at m

d. Just as it passed behind me, I heard the sharp screech o

hantom pain throbbing in my chest where the rejection had pe

eel a pair of piercing, dominant eyes staring out at the exact spot I was standing. Panic surged through my

gh to confirm anything. A tense, agonizing moment later, the Maybach's engine

d been five years since Silvergate, five years since he shattered my soul.