sia
ors and vaulted ceilings of the grand hall. The
oak banister, maintaining my position on the upper s
man standing half-hidden behind him. I stared specific
. "Valentina is pregnant," he announced, his voice carrying the fi
ders hitched up, and a small, pathetic sob escaped
ed in automatically. I bypassed her fake tears and scanned the bare skin
ed my stare and deliberately reached up, pulling the collar of her
thy scoff esc
t in the pin-drop silence of the
w clenched tight. He was the Alpha of Silver Creek; he was not used to his authority
against Santino's side. She buried her face in h
, my voice ringing out clear and steady. "Article f
gasped softly. Several of them exch
sidence within the central pack house," I stated, reciting th
of color, then flushe
, and agreed with every decision he made. He thought he owned my obedience. He had no
athless whine. Her hands flew to her fla
thick arm securely around her waist, pulling her flush a
brown of his irises vanished, replaced by the
of pine, usually crisp and clean, turned sharp and suffoc
e by one, their knees hit the marble floor. They curled into thems
nto my shoulders. It felt like a solid bloc
y was already weak. My knees buckled slightly. My thigh muscles tre
her so hard my jaw ached. I curled my finger
d. I pushed down with all my remaining s
lders back. I would die before I let my kne
t that I was still standing only fueled his r
absolute maximum output of his Alpha aura, dire
A sharp, metallic taste coated my ton
voice a deep, vibrating growl
before I strip you of
/1/114455/coverbig.jpg?v=94e297a67c134a55ab49ad006222ca38&imageMogr2/format/webp)