Her Ruthless Revenge: From Betrayed Rogue to the Alpha King's Queen

Mcca

hut behind us, the impact reve

bling backward on my hands and heels like a cornered animal. My wrist t

ts. He pulled at the knot of his tie, loosening it with a single, sharp tu

re, burning with the fury of a king whose authority had bee

ower rolling off him in waves. The pressure carried an unmistakable

r. Make

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that his Alpha senses would not detect me. Through the comms unit, I had heard Guzman choke out the Alpha King's name, t

o the suite. The door slammed hard enough for the impact to carry into the corridor. A moment l

to destroy my family if Darius forced the truth out of her. I needed to learn

sion, I had cloned a hotel employee's master pass so I could acc

then pressed the card to the electronic lock. The light flash

room, I saw Arden on the floor and the Alpha King lo

d the portable scent blocker from my pocket, and activated it with shaking fingers. A faint chemical mist settled over

Mcca

rrowed to the terrifyi

ce steady, to negotiate. "Money? I can get

crouched down, his face inches from mine, an

" he growled, his breath hot

flooded my senses. It was laced with the musk of his rage and somethin

nails digging into his skin, drawing blood.

impact knocked the wind out of me. My desperate struggles, my defian

e had trigge

nd whatever restraint he had possessed disappeared beneath the o

n Doy

through a narrow gap, my entire

en pinned beneath him. My fiancée. The woman I had sent into Guz

myself that intelligence and ambition could place me above stronger men. Now, crouched behind a sofa wh

legs refused to move, and the shame of my o

Mcca

cent like a drowning man gasping for air. The sound he made w

uted despair traced a path t

The whisper was

blinding pain as his teeth sank i

s power, his very essence, poured into me through the wound. Somethi

nk slammed

d through the new connection-a savage ro

ne! Forev

n, the violation, the mental onslaught-it was too m

Blanken

t limp be

cold awareness to return in fragments. I looked down at her uncons

ion. Our mate had been claimed. She could no l

ark her like this-driven by instinct, with neither preparation nor control.

ket over her body, c

rgent council meeting. The representatives were already waiting, and my

es of Heat back under control. By the time I reached the door, the

ent blocker concealed the other presence in t

n Doy

out from behind the sofa. My legs shook so vi

splayed on her shoulder. Darius had marked her for everyone to

owed, hot and corrosive, until I could look at Arden and