lla
uffocating silence of the bedroom
ectric aftershocks of his touch. "If you were going to reject me," I whispered, my vo
shirt, his storm-gray eyes hard and merciless. "That was nothing
ng your legs would change my mind? Six years ago, you used the fact that you saved my grandfather's life to blackmail him. Yo
, the injustice of his accusation bur
w Alvah had forced this marriage to protect my hidden bloodline from those who would ex
onto the bed. It landed next to my trembling hand like a piec
ake the money. Show up at the Rejection ceremony and accept it obedient
ammed shut, leaving me alone in the cold, massive bed. A single tear
Beta of the Woodlands Pac
ee. He terminated all trade agreements between the Blackwood Pack and us. The medicinal
me; he was using the survival of Asia's small pa
fury. I had spent six years shrinking myself, hiding my true nature to honor Alvah's dy
d Kian's number. He answered on the sec
on't take a single cent," I said,
his Alpha's Command, I continued, "Restore your agreements with the Woodlands Pack i
a prisoner. I packed a small duffel bag with the few things that actua
rrential downpour. The freezing rain soaked through my thin jacket, and the phantom pain of the impending
avy rain stopped
aw a towering, muscular man standing before me. The scent of crisp mountain ai
ropped to one knee, bowing hi
sound of the storm. He slowly looked up, his eyes fierce and loyal. "Alpha Baron s
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