lett

l Alexander he wasn't good enough for you? That you

rred like dis

o'd gone from pale to crimso

ered, her perfect composure cra

s time Alexander's hand twitched as if he wanted to

bed with my husband, then I suppose I should

ther person cursed

rs. Real fear flickered behind them no

ander, her voice b

a mistake to come. I should lea

steps before Alexa

her wrist, watched him pull her back against his chest,

in that bal

mate bond watched h

given me three years ago during o

d being honored, but the searing

arely restrained Alpha command. "You know how important tonight is

e, and I saw the threat

ion that suffers. Your perfume business, all those contr

ts were in this room right now

he'd invited were already

d. Done being his puppet Luna who smiled and staye

enough for the nearest cluster of pack members

o please-" I gestured toward Faye with exaggerated courtesy, "-take c

second, letting him see eve

could respond, before I could see w

ew which h

ted for me li

t, thick with pity, loaded with the weight of witnesses wh

ad high and my spine straight, even

deeper into my consciousness, w

voice. Heard Faye's tearful response. Heard the mu

bration

hing had

en erased in front of

*

ugh the front door be

pact sent shockwaves up my thighs, but the pain was nothin

rom somewhere in the hou

rawl toward the nearest bathroom, my coat dra

ile was cold a

ain-violent, wrenching heaves that brought up nothi

k burne

The sound echoed through m

red. "Every time he touches h

. God,

s the Moon Godd

takes another to his bed, yo

, every moment of his pl

d doesn

can

k meetings, the sudden weakness that hit me in the middle of traini

worked. Stressed from managing

unde

elled, it was because

ed. In o

lf dry trying to

floor, my back against the

for this. Hated her wit

ers walked free. She bound women to men wh

daughters suffer

th

*

he bathroom. And Alexa

heard the fro

hallway-heavy, purposeful, he

cup carefully and tur

night's suit. His hair was mussed, his tie undon

on my nec

her across ten feet

nd detonated my entire wor

is pre