Hendri

seat of my sedan and reached for the door ha

the street. The pavement looked empty, yet the heavy pres

mall hand gripping the hem of my coat a

ring him inside, locking all four doors, and press

doors of the Healing Sanctuary lobby, I spotted Dale and Chels

face powdered chalk-white as she dabbed

Melly to save me... I

he second Dale saw me, his dark gray eyes locked onto my face wit

ce surprisingly low and controlled as h

thout sparing him a glance and stop

arrell? Wasn't yesterday'

hed violently into her palm, pulling her hand back

the desk gasped out loud, co

d out, holding her bloody hand up for the

before she could pull back, sending a sharp thread of m

de me laugh. Dropping her arm like a piece of trash, I p

Miss Harrell," I said, my voice carrying clearly to every corner of the lobby. "Too

d orderly stared at Chelsie's mouth, their expr

r lips, her eyes darting around w

lunged forward, clamped his large hand around my wrist, and d

twisting my arm, but his

ck, and crowded his tall body against mine,

s hot breath hitting my forehead as his v

jumped from his palm into my skin. Forcing my knees not to tremble, I

e. The air between us went thin and charged; I could count the silver threads in his irises, the scar at his brow, the way his breath hitched when I didn't pull away. Three heart

or dead women," I said, reaching into my coat pocket

him a yellowed photo of a scarred, broad-shouldered wolf warrio

flat and freezing. "He died three years ago

ss. His fingers loosened around my wrist, and he stumbled back

the ward door open and stu

nly to see Jamir rounding the courtyard corner with a small me

o one knee and caught Jami

d a wave of pure, domineering Dire Wolf Alpha pressure burst from

ir's golden pupils as his big hands ba