ena
y doorway of the club, his foot t
, just like the last time we saw each
ck to that humiliati
ying a tray of drinks, completely unaware tha
ilas sitting there, radiating immense
uneral and my medical bills, my inner wol
m and my thin, malnourished body with a curl
the silver poison, I could only
g out cruel insults, assuming I had spent
form the words to explain Julian's
Silas unleashed his
weak, Omega knees to buckle, but I grabbe
submit to
ger pay, three massive, violent Rogue debt collectors cornered me in the rain-slicked alley.
boot connecting squarely with my ribs. "Or we sell
o a halt at the alley's mouth. The rear window descended, and I saw Silas, his face illuminated by the dashboard's faint gl
broken, until my vision blurred a
car, slowly walking over to whe
lk handkerchief to pinch my
t you deserved to die for what you d
the crushing despair f
d out a broken, raspy whisper, beg
ndred-dollar bills at the rogue
kerchief onto my face, as if
t my chest, ordering me to take his charit
las was staring at the exact spot on th
"I truly wished to force her to
he club manager rushed back into t
f seeking purchase to keep the rest of his body from collapsing. He was a grown wolf, a Beta who had
arting, then closing, then parting again-as if
voice cracked, splintered, fell
round his whiskey glass, went still. The ice inside
" he co
to the floor. When he finally l
ing like a stone into still water. "Selena died in a motor-veh
did not g
ent
ss. Even the distant bass from the dance floor below seemed t
s knuckles, followed by a dull crack. He did not loosen his grip. He let the sharp edges of the fractured glass bite into his p
ipping onto the marble floo
e red spreading across his palm.
d two y
ye
tion, dreaming of the moment she would be dragged before him, broken and begging. He had rehearsed th
en rotting in a human morgue,
. It struck the floor and exploded, fragmen
ring through the expensive fabric of his trousers as his wolf surged fo
ra
hing
ie
of her into fuel, every smile into a scar, every laugh into a curse.
s truly, irrevocably go
ding his breath
finally tell her the one thing
still lo
ould never g
hite, his breathing ragged. The manager was still on the floor, weeping openl
n Alpha's fury, but the raw, bloodshot red of a man who ha
ce, he spoke. His voice was not
deeper th
On a cold stree
. His voi
ew money a
m. Because there w
t powerful Alpha in the region stood at the center of his empire, surrou
im through every moment of my wr
years for him t
that h
which of us wa
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