ey

ces in a rundown neighborhood, its facade worn but tidy, the entrance swept clean. I dragged my single heav

ked the unit letter on the black keycard and wal

e sensor, the lock on Door B ri

g Cade with his arm wrapped a

oze. Cade blinked in shock, then

nst the doorframe, his eyes dripping with contempt. "Do you

ndle of my suitcase until

ust moving into

ered her mout

alary of yours? And you actually th

less reject without an Inner Wolf probably sold hersel

niture in this house that Cade bought! I was just opening my mou

the corridor, accompanied by that free

is suit jacket draped over one forearm and his

houlders blocking Cade's malicious stare a

the color drained from Cade's face, a

ivered, his Beta instincts screaming

owed his gray-blue eyes, unleashing a terrifying w

rritory, forcing their bodies to submit regardless of their will. I watched Cade's knees buckle with an audible crack

shriek and collapsed flat onto the carpe

e were an insect, the man sp

kennel and stop dirt

d, Cade scrambled on his hands and knees to drag Jacquelin ba

returned to

le of the man beside me. That suffocating pressure wasn't

down at my cheap, scuffed

ht this pile of

said through gritted teeth, re

black keycard from my fingers, and t

the heavy securi

ith one hand as effortlessly as if i

ped across the threshold into

my arms. For a building this old, the inside had clearly been gutted an

center of the living room

right," he said, pointing down the hall. "Without my permissi

r's way," I replied with a stiff nod,

ed the door open to find a bare mattress and an em

Oath parchment from my purse, and stared at the bold,