Alpha's Discarded Mate

s were trembling, but not from the cold. She had done it. She had signed the contract. One year of her life,

ll down her spine. Billio

e waiting room. Seventeen years old. Pale. Hooked up to an IV. Dying. Lia swallo

op in front of the buildin

steppe

n W

wayed in the wind as he moved. There was power in every step-controlled and silent, like a predator

eyes

o

outh that looked like it forgot how to smile. His presence pressed against her chest

aid, voice low and

It wasn't raining when

ver, not with desire-but with calc

here." She forced the words o

r, then nodded

olf, raw and male-wrapped around her. Her heart hammered as he slid in besi

n't explain where they were going.

ter, they pulled u

n said, stepping out. "But I e

t ru

l find

d as Cain handed over documents. The marriage license was already prepared.

t with tremb

as d

ecome the wife

. Always

n five minutes. No rings.

adable it made her stomach twist. "You're mine no

e a si

care of. But yo

hard. "You s

y of my rules, the deal is off. And your sist

se he was cruel-but because h

s that whispered of secrets. Inside, everything was cold marble, glass, a

d her to

id, eyes avoiding hers. "

oo big, too sterile, too qui

e you were desperate

he walk

dge of the bed,

t, she di

done. Wondering what kind of man Cain Wolfe really was. Wondering if she'd mad

cked on her door with brea

as a ban

ransferred to a private

breath

pt his

e owed him

fe wasn't do

her, silent again, eating li

marry me at all? You c

e I needed someone no one would miss. And because my father left a will. I

n is

n at his glas

lood ra

use

rice. Now stop pretending y

chair. "I didn't ask to be

thing, Mrs. Wolfe. In this world, surviv

lose, until she could se

now, you