Three Billionaire Alphas on Their Knees

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stack of files on Darcy's desk. Her eyes scann

as smooth, almost like she was offering a promotion. "I know you're usually quiet and keep your head down, but you've be

ways glances. Some sympathetic.

what that st

o blow. Whoever stood up there to present would be

director was picking

most brushing her nose. Then she looked

ke excuses. D

est curve tugged at th

ll. Her eyes were so clear and cold that something

ghtening a stray corner of paper t

n her left sho

her betrothed, the man she'd been promised to

A cripple who couldn

ontract right in fro

ealing chamber, locking away whatever power she'd been b

ng above all else: hide every ounce of hatred a

her voice soft and obedient. "Thank you for the opportunit

, patted her should

een handed. Her thumb traced the cold numbers printed on the top

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alled dead accounts apart weeks

o a trap that would land her in prison. What she didn't realize wa

until eleve

d silent. Then heavy footstep

ment. Why are y

voice gruff. "Building clears at eleven-thirty. Regular eleva

min

vy stack of files and fe

pulsing with a dull, familiar throb. The guard's impati

he screens above the re

vate lift, glowed with a faint, steady lig

his card and jabb

e's still running. Get in. Take it to the fi

the files to her chest

slowly devouring the

hit her spin

as alread

four of brutal, tailored power in a black bespoke suit. The

i

he two of them, trapped in th

corner, lowering her h

ould hear her own heartbeat thudding

r mo

ook one massive step forward, and the sha

a

les scattered across the floor. And Asher's left han

ted furnace heat, pinning her

't m

ged breath crashed hot against the sensitive skin below h

cent of him. Close enough to feel the violent rise and fall of his c

er, his nose nearly brush

erate, that faint scent of rain-drenched cedar

er

instincts

predator slits. Every shred of control burned a

ve y

The one who'd saved him. It

rely leashed violence. His ribs heaved. The beast i

thened into claws without his permission, trembling with the effort of

nt electric. Her

ound of his heart. The suffocating wave of threat and claim

were go

ng his eyes with her own ambe

lemate, hot air tangled between them, th

er gaze. His gold eyes flickered wildly. His

hard, until copper

eeping him from tearin

i

reached the

ike he'd been do

is fist into the wall beside him. Cru

mself backward, stumbling into t

len across his forehead. His golden eyes, still wild, fixed

our th

Hoarse. Struggling to cag

seconds

s still slamming

grazed his half-retracted claws, and three thin li

les and stumbled o

er, sealing that dangerously

it her face. Cold wind wh

elf exhale, a long, shaky breath she

upport. Her palms were still burn

on her hand. Then she turned to glance back at the mass

North Barrens with an iron fist. Whose cruelty wa

had just hap

of it. And she didn't

nt on in the heads of high-an

f her hand. The cold rai

eting was the only

ment, she booted

hing she'd been quietly building for months. Evidence.

oke. Her amber eyes held no trace of the girl who'd trem

me to tak

er screen, and a smile curved acros

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