v
ke a physical weight. Along the mahogany-paneled walls, the oil portraits of past Blackwood Alphas seemed to track
my overnight bag from the guest room
he doorknob. I let out a shaky breath, thinkin
ir behind m
dominant it made my knees buckle. Before I could even turn my head, a large, calloused hand clamped a
roughly, yet effortlessly, pushe
ick
like a gunshot. I spun around, my bac
was a wall of solid muscle and dark, lethal energy. The steel-gray of
his scorching chest. He was so close I could feel the hea
ce a low, guttural growl that vibrated straight int
wildly against my ribs. "I didn't
ze, paralyzed by a terrifying mix of fear and an inexplicable, shameful heat pooling in
mured against my skin, his breath sending vi
, before trailing slowly down my jawline. He stopped exactly over my er
ed, my traitorous body leaning into his touch even as my mind screamed at me to run. I was a *wolfless* Omega; I shouldn't be feeli
f willpower I had left,
I said, my voice trembling but d
n nonsense. He took a single step back, but the oppressive weight
has abandoned you. Your mother has disowned you. You are
icing through my chest. He was right. I had noth
oked out over the vast, sprawling forests of the Blackwood territory. When he sp
ctor," Kaelon said, turning his head slightly to pin me with
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