One Night With The Rival Alpha
of stale beer, sawdu
. Heavy rock music vibrated in the floorboards. The air was thick
torn or not-didn't fit in here. She walked with a straight spine, channeling every ou
catcalls from a table of men wearing leather vests
a beard that reached his chest. He sla
y earlier and found a crumpled twenty-dollar bill. She slap
ured the drink. "Keep the twenty. You
d the amber liquid in one gulp. It burned all the way down, a w
mpty stomach hard. Th
the room. She needed to figure out a plan.
a booth in the darke
at ther
n shirt, the sleeves rolled up to reveal forearms corded with muscle. He wasn't looking at the dan
ooke
cross the crowded room, his gaze locked onto hers with the weight of a physi
powerf
ng into her empty glass. Don't
prin
eath fanned ag
stained mechanic's shirt had leaned
ed. His hand reached out, g
bra said, he
hair, forcing her head back. "I like feis
aid le
ble, like distant thunder, but it cut t
froze. He t
massive. He towered over the mechanic, radiating an a
pal," the mechanic tried to
s head slightly. His eyes flashed-not the yellow
bra's hair as if it were burning.
knocking over a s
ed to her savior. Up close, he was devastating. High cheekbones,
t the woman. He recognized t
al scent of the ruling family, but mixed with cheap whiskey and
he Vance perfume to attract
ed. A "distressed" look for a roleplay? He knew the type. Women
said. His voice was dry, mocking. "Or is 'dams
"I didn't ask
ing the bartender for a refill. "What is a girl smelling like Edward's
s tightened. "You don't
r torn dress, her smeared makeup. To him, she looked like a commodity. Expensive, damaged, an
making her brave. "I'm surviving. And for yo
er. Beneath the makeup, her eyes were haunted. There was
," he said, nodd
rds were still oozing slightly. She hid her h
b drawled. "A
ull was getting stronger. His wolf was pacing in
or a working girl? Impossible. But for toni
crackled. Every time he moved, her ski
u
vibrated o
screen. A text from
. But not as much as a jail cell wi
cold. Colin. He kn
ng the room frantically. Was he here
leb asked, wat
stood up, but her legs wobbled. The
police were coming, they would
powerful. The mechanic had
razy, desp
; she acted on instinct. She put her hand on
she pleaded, her voi
is arm. He looked at her dila
party girl who wanted to leave with the ho
e rough with implication. "You know I don't pay fo
iven him a fak
what it implied. She just needed to escape
took off his suit jacket-it smelled of cedar and rain-and dra
go,"