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ation room, the echo of the falling chains

s honey-amber pupils dilating as he sta

aura of an apex predator rolling off Bennet made it h

ng growl from deep in his throat, shifting half a step si

ennet didn't get angry. Instead, a rare spark of

concrete floor. "Breaking that Glover trash's jaw without blinking-I have

by the door break out in fresh cold sweat,

d, not dropping his guard an inch. "W

tongue would offend the supreme ruler of the city, I

shrill with terror. "Shut your mouth, kid! This is

muscles along Caden's br

et was a Wall Street legend and the only pureblood Dire Wolf Alpha King in the country-a m

piciously between my expensive white dress and Bennet's fac

m with guards watching, there was no way I could explain m

ugging his arm toward the open door. "Let's get out of here f

inclined his head toward the captain waiting outside. "Bri

ain bowed repeatedly and scurried a

ut with every step we took behind Bennet, the mus

eral times sharper than normal. Back in the cell, the smell of bleach and blood had m

risp cedar drifted steadily f

ng pheromone was a second, much fainter scent-co

Caden, who had grown up under the same roof with

ordinary werewolves could barely smell my faint natural

rushed onto Bennet's sleeve-it was soaked deep into his

y blended that deeply after hours of

mselves to the concrete floor, hi

k in confusion, only to meet a pair

nostrils flared wildly as his ch

ent?" Caden's voice cracked into a furious, t

ty captain tripped over

slowly, his deep gray-blue eyes glintin

's gaze suddenly caught on the slightly open collar of

IP corridor's emergency lights, th

d into Bennet's suit, his sharp eyes had followed the ope

t fatal weak spot on any werewolf-sat a neat, bruise

niably left by a woman's mouth in

tar string about to snap as he pointed a trembling fin