Thor
t. The room itself seemed to shrink, the firelight casting our shadows as monstrous, dancing figures on the wall. He sta
air from my lungs, my head cracking against it hard enough to make stars burst behind my eyes. Before I could slide to t
a low, vicious growl near my ear. His hot breath seared
, I didn't..." The words were a choked whisper, sw
control, was at war with the beast the drug had unleashed. The thought of taking me, a woman he believed to be a conniving, worthless tribute, wa
few steps. He stood in the middle of the room, his chest heaving, his hands cl
commanded, his voice strained, each word costing him an i
e go. In the midst of this drug-fueled mad
ice. I scrambled away from the wall, my legs clumsy and weak, and ran for th
nst the cold metal. Fre
he very core of his being, the howl of his inner wolf finally shattering its chains. *Mine!* The word didn't
he king was dead, and
nd was clamped around my arm, his fingers biting into my flesh like a vise. He ripped me aw
jarring my teeth. I scrambled backward, crab-walking
man were gone. His eyes were no longer silver with flecks of red;
ring its terrified prey. There was no more conflict in h
s hit the soft velvet of the sofa. I was
light from the fire. The heat rolling off his body was im
cond, I saw a flicker of something else in his golden gaze-a flicker of the man, ho
and calloused, touched my cheek with a strange, almost hesitant gentleness. His thumb s
m. He was so close, his movements so rough and yet so full of a strange, agonizin
s suf
of my fear. It was no longer just the fear of a victim. It was someth
on. He lowered his head, his lips parting, hi
corner and tracing a cold path through the
of my Alpha blood, ignited in the face of my utter despair. I would not be a passive victim. I woul
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