use was fi

h had insisted on "testing" by dramatically flopping onto-I was left a

neath my skin, res

." She w

tchen island, swinging her legs like a child. She

estate manager in the city bow like you w

uring myself a

a fr

ping it over to examine the embossed

thorne Group card."I ne

ha

She waved it like

to mention their overseas holdings. No one knows who actually runs i

ed in, g

" I plucked the card from her finge

tment years ago. He owed me a favor." Sava

with Liam..." She said

ds like prime rebound material." I sighed,

ing for anyon

r vanilla perfume sharpening as

hung up on that backstabbing

knowing look cut deeper than any alpha command. She opened her m

ned, grabbing i

evator doors slid open a

She pointed at me wit

s closed, my shoulders slumped. The penthouse

ide and heartache. Some rebellions, it seemed, co

anyone else I could call family, it would be Marcus.

I always took him as a reliable brother, but sometimes it fe

ght in the orphanage courtyard-moonlight silvering the edges of his ma

the world apart, yet gentle when his muzzle nudged my trem

to see her, to recognize the other half of my soul th

each other again until five years ago. Marcus had given me th

t.." He'd said, his

ven when Liam hesitated. Not even when my parents looked

curled around me as I sank deeper, trying to wash away

completely. My fingers hovered over my phone. Marcus's nu

time we'd spoken, I'd told him

ork with Liam. His repl

's worth it." I

t stopped me from doing that. The

i

, water dripping onto the heate

red silhouette. Of course he'd find me. Alpha track

s unclear?" Liam stood there, his usually im

am the door. His hand shot out, fingers wrapping a

bond flared between us, hot and demanding, trying

afford to

long!"

w what I was about to do. I pushed him

ain. Riley stepped out, clutching

I shouldn't-" She

ess you're safe!" I

g me?" My voice

e minutes before bringing

ow you literally can't function