AYL

my restra

you're

approaching me is evident, followed by a dark chu

ill and sa

better and safer for

finally deliver my new company, or should I say my new captor,

illuminates hi

on. The infamous

know it. I can

pack

around me and al

ft index finger all point to the realization that I am indeed in t

t discovered seconds

more. Colder and now tainted with

e is tall and intimidating, his aura and commanding presence filling t

arly black, and they are regardin

h that had the guts to stum

te." He spits out, his eyes still burning me with a gaze so i

m his mate to

tred is mutual

so never asked to be mated to an Alpha, muc

stroy any rogue that dares ve

ill alive? Why has he

possibly be beca

into spitting out a scoff, bu

tead, my voice hoarse but stea

ber being fed even the slightest, tiniest drop of water ever s

tch into something that might have been a condescending

ress back against the wall, the

me. He is close enough now that I can feel the heat radiating of

e, not sayi

I will not allow even that circumstance to deter me or intimi

l not give him the satisfaction of watching

then further down to my half-exposed breasts and straig

on I have left of

ntense, and I almost squirm in fear, the ringing in

ns still binding me to the wall in an effort to

ease lo

ly physical memory I have

le

thoughts, he looks away from the locket nec

closer, his voice lowering into a much darker tone. "I wan

ut 'filthy rogue' is filled with

hard, my

tell him

ht decide to successfully find a way of get

e or

ay eventually die here or not, but I am very certain about w

hands if Raelin ever hand

ow that can convince Raeli

t dumb to speak?" He r

he cuts me off with a low

sending a dangerous shiver down my spine. "I can smell the fear on you

rce myself to keep my expression

even know how I got here. Yes, I was running from s

r. In fact, he looks like he is restrai

ing with skepticism. "You expect me to believe that you ju