I Paid the Alpha King for One Night

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egistered-a splitting headache that f

umpy bed I shared with Jaden. My movement sent a ripple of sensation through my body

champagne that tasted too sweet. The strange, dizzying warmth that had

fr

pinning me in place more effectively than any physical touch. The heat radiating from the b

d, storm,

bdued presence after years of Jaden's cold indifference, was currently purring.

ed, her voice dri

ssive heat, my heart hammering against my ribs like a trapped bird. I fell off the bed, land

ed the city skyline, still slumbering under the grey

ost more than my life, was a notepad. The embos

clain

ped br

nt in the company of

s his relative-a cousin, an uncle, or god forbid, someone high up in the Pack hierarchy-I was

him, his presence filling the silent room with a heavy, powerful atmosphere. Even in s

to lea

badly I could barely pull it over my head. The silk was a me

ack to the man.

e woke up and remembered...

rom a fated encounter into something trivial. Somethi

ut my pen, my hand trembling. Money was not enough

otepad and wrote, my han

latter

ranking wolf's night to a mere footnote, a m

e whimper of my wolf who was clawing at my chest, b

spered to the air,

t look back as the elevator do

ter

or doors chimed shut,

red-vanilla and fear. It was fading, and the lo

ch. For the first time in years, the constant, maddening noise of the Pack in my head

he ha

shifted to th

was

ibrating through the silent room. I rea

latter

snarl that shook the gl

k? She thought she could leave a scrap of paper as if my time, my intensi

y claws extending, shredding the

. But beneath the anger, there was

ssive

almed my storm, and then dared to i

aching out into the

co

ly, his mental voice shar

of the bed, the sheets st

footage from the pe

a threat

flooding the room, cracking the

quences. "There is a guest who left in a hurry. Look into t