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any use to him again?, what should I do? The contract has already been signed by my step mom, isn't it better

but I couldn't bring myself to do that. His gaze was so dark

se my mind. This is love at first sight I said to myself blushing. I missed a step and before

hear, "what are you trying to do? Don't bother trying to get closer

and walked away wit

and every now and then I have the pack doctor, Tobias coming to check up on my wounds whic

eady. I sat on the edge of my bed, staring at the ceiling. I was ha

ng, her fiery red hair cascading over her shoulders and her green eyes sharp as dag

ning me of danger. "Mrs. Fiona,"

d with venom. "Don't pretend to be mee

stayed silent, sensing that whatever

floor. "Do you think you've won, little omega? That beari

startled.

eyes. The concern. And you.....you're playing the victim perfectly, aren't you? Acting like this poor, h

e this," I said, my voice trembling

ob story. You're here now, and that's all that matters. If you think

self. "I'm not trying to take anything from you.

re was something almost like pain behind her

ou're nothing but a tool, a means to an end. And when this is o

d on her heel and stormed out,

the bed, my hands trembling. I had faced cruelty before,

ng, made me wonder what Fi

s gardens. The faint scent of blooming jasmine mixed with the earthy aroma of freshly turned

y time I could breathe without

yed nerves. I ran my fingers along the edge, my reflection rippling in

phn

voice, sent a shiver racing down my spine. I turned

nst the pale moonlight. His shirt hung open at the collar, exposing

voice trembling. "

you," he said, stepping cl

something raw, unguarded. It was

sked, his voice softer

"No... I needed t

n Alpha like him know of the helplessness I felt? And yet, he didn't leave

t here alone," he sa

eone like me," I murmured, looking down. Alpha Enzo paused, his expression shifting as though my wor

s making it impossible to look away. My chest tightene

th deliberate slowness, he stepped closer, his hand reaching out

to live like this," he sai

n my skin. My breath hitched, my heart poun

beneath his skin. "You think I don't see what's happening to you? How This arrangement

gile and aching. "And yet, I'm here because of you,"

oser, his hands framing my face now. The heat of his

his voice thick with emotion. "But now that

eyes burned into mine, and before I could think, before I could s

ing about you," I whisp

n until now. His grip on my face tightened s

, my name like a

oment we were staring at each other,

into my hair, pulling me closer as if he couldn't stand the distance between us. I gasped a

dge of the fountain. The cool stone bit into my back, but I didn't care. All tha

in ragged gasps. He rested his forehead agai

happening," he said

ngers still clutching his shirt

dark and searching. "Daphne... you make me forget

is words cutting through me. "Then don't l

no less intense. It wasn't just a kiss,

time in a long t