oe
ted game and expensive wine. I was at a high-end restaurant in the neut
ment of peace. Then a familiar, heavy scent of
empty chair beside me. He carried himself with an air of o
low murmur of the dining room ceased abruptly, the silence br
essive territoriality-a desperate attempt to
y head. The other wolves at the table began whispering. They talked
dangerous gold as he growled under his bre
eat, my vision sharpened-I could see the threads of fear woven into Jackson's
down onto his foot with the
e paling. The oppressive weight in the
my hands on my napkin, as if I h
offer a celebratory toast. I reache
tall cup of sweet juice onto the table before me with a thud that made th
ethed, pointing a finger directly at his face. She was so incensed she nearly rev
o was approaching our table. She smiled warmly and introduced him as Dominic, the
on't waste your time," Jackson sco
eed-a tumbling ball of dark fur that went by the name of Oreo. The pup ignored everyone else, making a direct l
s behavior. But when his eyes met mine, I caught something unexpected-a flicker of vu
the dog, my eyes
nversation seemed to recede, drawn back into an immense silence.
struck me with the fo
of a deep forest just after a thunderstorm, a
against my ribs. My blood suddenl
my fractured spirit, as if a wandering, home
, clawed at the walls of my mind and let
brushed against my knee. The place where he had touched me felt as if it had been br
Alpha in North America. The Moon Goddess
omones. His eyes widened-first shock, then a dark, possessive fury. He gripped
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