aving me breathless. Alpha Sheldon, the

nues to stare at me. He immediately covers the remaining distance between us, his looming figur

body feels tingly as I watch him,

l? The questions swirl in my mind, yet my body betrays

ing as if he senses the shift in the air. "Do you feel it too?" Hi

he inches closer, bringing his fingers to my jaw. His touch sends

re, I wa

am supposed to fear more than anyone. But how could

bles as I whi

mble in pleasure. It was something dark and possessive. He reaches out, his hand brushing agai

my skin and grabs me by the waist, our bodies almost merging into one. My heart hammers in my chest, the tension betw

action sends an electric jolt through me, my body freezing under the intimate touch

essive hunger. His voice was low, dark, filled with a desire that mad

did and stopping abruptly. He was being unpredic

ut with an undercurrent of something more. "You will fulfil your duty, Esmeralda. But

nd between us still pulses with heat, confusing me even more. I wan

k, my voice quivering. "

in closer, his breath hot against my ear. "But don't think for a moment that

nife in deeper. I wanted nothing but to cuss at the injustice of it all, the coldness o

ess the rage building inside of me. My emotion

ody with a single touch. But more than any

wavers. He steps closer, and I find myself frozen once again, his presence making it hard to think clearly. His ha

pite myself but he ignores me

t the contact. He pushes me backwards, and in one swift motion, I am pressed against the bed. I know wh

grabbing my waist, his face inches from mine. I want to scream, to push him away, but some

pers, his voice a dark promise.

ing every inch of my skin. His rough hands were a testament of his cruelty,

sound of his heavy breaths and my soft, unwilling groans. The tensio

r than before, and for a