us's
elled behind me like
s and ambition. She leaned in closer, lips brushing the shell of my ear as she
n't a
was sc
MINE
severed still pulsed faintly in my chest like a severed artery leaking heat. Every beat sent another wave of her scent crashing
reject
front of the
was punishin
ough not to cause a scene and stepp
nd before she recovered, turning t
gers. Guards snapped to attention as I passed, but I didn't acknowledge them. My wolf clawed at t
o
rivate chambers behind me
I braced both hands on the mantel, head bowed, breathing hard. My reflection stared back from the poli
nt clun
it wrapped around my throat like a noose.
she-wolves in my lifetime
ribcage. I pressed the heel of my hand against i
kn
," I g
My King. The ball continues without inc
came out roughe
ss. She fled into the gardens. Do
snapped out too
ows lifted
tone. "She's banished from the hall t
once and
r click
actly three
summo
ve her wolf yet. She was more or less a human. Instead I sent one of my personal gua
ater, the doo
ped insi
ven know her full name
breasts and the dip of her waist. Her hair had come partially loose, strands sticking to her tear-streaked c
er eyes on
d so hard I a
at her scent flooded me again, overwhelming, addictive. My hands flexed at my sides, claw
k at
d her chi
y, rimmed with red f
beautiful, I wondered h
my command, but the pull was
usal beneath the salt of tears and fear...slick, sw
he hall," I said, voice lo
rted on a s
of her skin radiated through the thin dress. I could see the rapid flutter of her
ued, letting my voice drop to a ru
her neck, following the line of her pounding
," I murmured. "Ba
eath h
y mis
s hung b
ver I want it." I leaned in until my lips brushed the shell of her ear. "You'll come when I call. Spread for
dy tre
n I could feel the heat of her skin, the slight curve of her hip. I pulled her f
sped s
k, thumb brushing the sensitive spot beneath her ear
es." I
y way. But somehow my wolf restrains me. He wa
is offer." I said again whe
moment she
e, voice quie
N
hit lik
ghtened in
dn't f
ret," she said. "I will
st collided
lf sn
y extended now, shredding the arms of the nearest ch
t o
dn't h
the door, shoulders str
behind her wit
hard, heart still achin
d refu
refus
chasing her down, pinning her to the forest f
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