a P

ched the street scenes fly backward while t

ing dress through the rearview

hat rich territory around the Hol

last fifty-dollar bill from my pocket

and drive

mped his mouth shut and floored the gas pedal, m

ge of Emilee's fake smile on television kept flashing throug

r Alpha still seemed to linger deep inside my body. I bit down hard on my lower li

d to a halt in front of a massive black wrought-iron

ight into the ankle-deep puddles and fixed my eyes on the

and pressed my thumb hard

guard's voice crackle

today is the eldest young

r from my chin, I s

ate. I am C

ut a loud sneer

rs. A troublemaker like you isn't allowe

paces, and locked my gaze onto the six-fo

n P

adache pounding behind my temples as my Alpha senses in

d onto the glaring crimson stain on the pure white she

ng cedarwood scent that had driven me mad in the dark was completely

h painted across her cheeks. She was the woman I had sworn to protect with my life eve

you're

put distance between us, my inner wolf letting out an agit

mattress and reached out to la

were so rough, it

ched my skin, I jerked my shoul

ume off your skin.

fening for a fraction of a second before she

thought you wo

he walk-in closet, the claw marks on my back stinging with every ste

to her, I pulled on

ay a single word

audibly behind me before

oo nervous, and yo

me last night had trembled, yet her silent defiance and

pinned her with

it was you in thi

nto the nightstand, her ga

! Didn't you see the

y temper because of the oath I owed her from Silverpine Cove.

will escort you back to yo

aint, lingering trace of cold cedarwood in the air. I stopped dead in my tracks and whippe

istant, Hilary, walked u

ar is ready

ile, I pointed straight

o left this hotel through that stairwe

rprise before bowing

l pull the foot