disorienting halt as Jonathan's w

r...

row, as if daring her to c

planting himself between the two

calm, eyeing his beta over the top of t

cus countered in that thick, potent rumble t

yes narrowed to pale chips of ice boring into Sophia with unsettling intent. "Right now she is in clear

pped from Marcus's lips like acid. "The Maiden's power hasn't even

nd alpha growled. "That's danger

he same bullheaded choices that left you

phia's head, the tension so thick sh

seat, she simply froze, unsure how t

raised her hands in a placatin

, the sheer force of his v

laring to twin crescents of molte

outward, slamming into Sophia's ster

s some strange, compulsive need to sub

t working in an audibly thick swallow as

d from the shadows ringing the motor court an

mi

breath catching as the handsome stranger woven now

and slacks, he moved with a natural prowling grace t

d scents - musk, smoke, frost, and some indescribable psychic

ral feet from the idling vehicle. His smoldering gaze sl

hments for our guest's arrival. But then..." His lips curved with wry menace. "I di

snarled the warning

ia without shame. "The pack house reeks of your testosterone al

my patienc

kled, supremely unconcerned as he strode closer sti

ction closer to Sophia as if sensing

er, the intruder pivoted on his heel a

d mahogany scent to curl arou

ry millennium that the Moon Maiden emerges to unite us all under one..." He inhaled deeply, chest e

phia intensely aware of how underdressed and exposed she felt in skinny jeans

le in the car instantly reacted with subtle co

ou never knew existed, little Maiden." His tone turned honeyed and lethal. "Nev

Damien's basilisk stare rounded on him. Power crackled between them, thick and

oug

tense silence. He sliced Damien a flat, assessing look. "She's und

s shoulders in a subtle gesture of dominance

r in the space between them, ringing li

t with...rapturo

exhalation she hadn't rea

the menacing tension bleeding

s still luminous as the moon, seeming to strip away every l

ff his seat belt. "What you've seen so

een them, he pushed open the driver's

keable certainty, that her