ry

s, I traced the raised silver crest of the Twil

woven from rare moonlight silk, its frost-whi

ar sacred ceremonial white when bi

her seat, his voice dropping to a l

change right h

as wide as the armored SUV was, stripping down two

ay bulletproof privacy film, and t

t glinted in his amber ey

fer I close my ey

ontracts so highly, I'm sure you kno

eck, unzipped my black slip dress, and let the thin silk pool aroun

ades to fasten the dress, only to find a row of tiny, intricate pearl buttons runn

, the cushion dipped beside me, and a wall of scorch

d st

f my ear as his large, calloused hands brushed

pine, a jolt of raw electricity danced across my ribs, making

waistband where my crescent-moon birthmark was hidden, his thumb froze against my s

on

he swallowed hard, his Adam's apple bobbing o

the dark reflection of the glass that the gown fit my cu

g heat in my blood, I noticed the SUV slowing down at a red t

f a waiter wiping down the empty booth we had just left, picki

tantly turned back in

and threw herself into that exact booth, slamming her fists on the table with a twis

dark safety of our car, a wave of pure,

would never have been sitting across from me, and the Alpha King she was ruining her makeup

urged forward into the night, leaving the cafe and Do

ic dome of the Pack Registry rose over the city

face settle back into the cold, untouc

u ready

ce the second I sat

ide to a smooth stop at the base of the Registry's white marble

the stone first, Jaxson turned back and he

lifted the hem of my moonlight silk gown and ste