ia's
ing chaos that had been tearing my
uldn't sense anything from him e
nce I'd experienced since thi
way, too relieved by the sudden quiet t
ared
es narrowed slightly, studying me with an intensity that shou
tween us, loaded with so
heard the guide's thought from nea
wasn
g in my head, a man who gave me silence felt
astian Simons-the violence, the dead wives, the cruelty
he'd been waiting his entire lif
ce a low rumble that sent an in
sa
ntensified, tracking every movement I made
hought drifted from behind me. *He barely looked at the others for
ed the s
, his fingers steepled beneath
observation, tinged with somethi
be?" I ask
smallest hint of a smile.
ad something to lose,"
lted his head slightly, those gree
us felt different no
d six wives. The notorious Alpha whose temper was legendar
alm. As long as I sat here, in his presence, my min
aid finally. "The same one I've asked every
rig
mes have I b
asn't exactly a secret. The whole s
more dangerous, "that a man who can't maintain a successful
uestion that had made
him incompetent. Answer no, and you're dismissing the s
e navigating traps set by p
relationships have nothing to do with professional capability. Some of the most
le
lting into something darker, more pleased.
g answer,"
between us. I could smell him now-mint and ceda
name on his lips sending another involuntary
tered to a ha
usement. "Give me one good reason why I shoul
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