ena
luxurious restaura
h a condescending sneer gave us a single, dismissive glance, recognizing
at d
we w
sed, then tw
was pale, but he didn't complain. I wanted to ask for a basket of bread
heavy oak doo
looking flawless in
was not
s. She offered a sweet, saccharine smile and blamed their lateness on human tr
pping, just resting. The gesture of a woman who knew e
hed out across the table
e embossed cover, Xavier's large
ssed the leather-b
in mid-air for a painful, frozen second. He lowered his head,
my hands on the table, the sharp crack echoing in the silen
t my father would not understand the high-end ingredients, written as they were in French. He claimed
pine suddenly smelled
chair. I told Xavier we would not sit here and acce
e dining room and marched dow
eps thundere
ed the restaurant's grand entrance. His
g current straight to my core. Now, his skin aga
ed that this was not an apology, but a sick, twis
his fist tightened. "Ungrateful." The word was forced through clenched teeth, his gaze pointght years, I had been his mate in the shadows, spending my nights al
features into a mask of pitiful victimhood. "Alpha, please don't fight because of me," she bo
re she lowered her gaze. She had done this a hundred times
a human shield between us. He roared that I was using my mate status to bully a weaker female, then
abbed Sylvia's hand, led her to
nto the city noise, leaving us
orn shoes. He softly asked me
ough fabric of his shoulder. I told him he smelled l
," I whispered. "And I
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