I Paid the Alpha King for One Night

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When I finally stepped into the foyer, the silence of the house hit me like a physical

king frantically against the marble, an

turned the shower on, cranking the handle until the water was steaming, bordering

it

ash away the weight of the night, to cleanse the

d, storm,

my inner wolf whined in protest. She didn't want to lose it. She was clawing at my ch

ars mingling with the spray of

bathroom doo

n. He was still wearing his tuxedo from last night, his tie undone,

ou have any idea how foolish I looked last night? My wife, disa

e didn't ask where I had been.

chest, terrified he would catch a whiff of the Alpha scent that still l

and unimpressive-assaulted my nose. "Your absence creates problems for me, De

but as he turned his head slightly, the morn

fr

e of a perfume that wasn't mine. It was a cheap, cloying garde

me moments ago evaporated, re

asked, my voice su

his momentum st

t his neck. "That scent, Jaden

pot. His heartbeat spiked-I could hear the fra

s darting away. "It's from training this m

pooling at my feet. "You haven't joined the pack run in six

outed, backing away toward the door. "This is why I can't stand being aroun

ind him, the sound vibr

dripping from my hair. He was ly

droom. Jaden was gone, but in his haste to escape my

ue, the sc

ped up. The sender wa

you promised you'd get those prenat

left m

ielle

ere actually my songs-melodies I had written in the dead of night, poured from my s

usea. Prenata

ed Jaden for a pup for two years. He had told me we we

giving a

y dignity, and now, the

ing wolf. The tears stopped. The fear of the man in the

m. I didn't th

ever entered. I pushed aside a heavy stack of boxes and pressed the hidden

keyboard. The walls were plastered with my original sheet music-the

flew across the keys, typing a message to the only person in this world

need a favor. I need you to find everything. Any pro

antly. "Target acquired.

sic on the wall, then do

" I whispered t

victim. If Jaden wanted a war, I