lis

d upright on the black velvet bed, an invisibl

jeans were still on, covered only by a heavy bespoke

lm suddenly buzzed violently, the n

onditioning, and Brenda's shrill s

little bitch? Where is the brea

t now," I whispered, hangi

enthouse. Throwing off the velvet duvet, I stepped barefoot onto the

st as I poked my head out, tense voices drifted fr

ss and chronic malnutrition..." a trembling voice reported

od to ice. I clamped both hands o

room, followed by that terrifyingly cold voice ordering the

get out of h

g desperately for a service exit. The massive penthouse was a maze of dark doors a

footsteps suddenl

eached for a guest room doorknob, only to

ike arm shot out, hooking around my waist

k before I could even struggle. I looked up into a pair of bottomless black

down my face and locke

ated against my eardrums, his larg

hip. On his long index finger sat a silver-toned ring

pitch-black hotel room, that exact freezing stone had

was

ntrol. I shoved hard against his chest, stumbling backw

y voice cracking as I crossed b

took a slow step forward, t

ell

om, Arthur's trembling diagnosis

gna

Cummings bloodline carried an ancient, ruthless curse of inf

ing a wave of Alpha's Command that force

life pulse is faint,

ead her legs for another man right after leaving me-even as my inner wolf whined in a strange, protective agony-I

my hallway wall and shielding her stomach from me like I

ther man's bastard makes yo