say
houldn't be here. Not like this, in front of e
ark, hard to read. He's the Alpha of the most powerful pack aroun
eady. I, Ethan Sinclair, reject you,
gasp. My knees wobble, but I stand tall. If I'm going to break
etting ripped apart. The mate bond-sacred
ike stone, so cold. But his hands are clen
s voice rough. It's an order, not a req
elf to do it. I, Alexandra
est feels like it's gonna cave in. For a second
g me, waiting for me to fall apart. I look
e them what
es blurry, but I w
A woman, amused. She thoug
ns, and I clench my fists. But I keep walking.
a mistake
e someone's laughing. Adrian Wolfe, the r
ut I don'
this, Wolfe,
woman in this room, for what? Some stupid dut
air is thick
here, the next, you hear a crack as a fist h
an's on one knee, his mouth
ok right at me, like he knows something I don't. Walk aw
my heart's
way like I planned, or I can
shaking. My
make a
tep back t
n. Adrian smirks.
care o
with be
getting
mess with me, it's got
was dense, so the moonlight barely peeked through the branches. Every
en me tonight. Or at le
e joke. An illusion wra
ll pulsed through me like venom, but I refused to be a victim of it. I
e trees stoppe
ned, my senses sharpening. I was r
gure stepped f
an W
that had just found its prize. Unlike Ethan, who always carried the weight of his duty, Adr
actually running, aren't you?" His voice w
attitude. "And what do you want, Adrian
and dark. "I'm here to offe
don't need a knight in
g the gap between us. "Because I'm here for is making sure
ground. "And you see yourself as so
ate's stupid. And I don't bel
trees, carrying his scent-smoky,
m he stood, how unaffected he
to touch, not to comfort, b
urling around me like a forbidden thought. "There's a whol
down a diff
red in the space be
errifying-taking his hand, or