Chosen by the Beast Alpha

nic'

in, her pupils went unfocused, then rolled straight ba

mixing with the wild, violent scent clingin

ly, I was numb. Women like

No questions, no eye contact. They grabbed the heavy blanket already waiting there, wrapped up the naked, limp body

om fell back into dead quiet. Ju

ed like when desire hit-blood-red eyes, fangs pushing long

ter. And the worst pa

veins-the legacy of

nd willingly carried his child... or stumble upon his true mate. Fai

. I was twenty-nine. I'd achieved neith

elf underground, wrists and ankles chained with silver. And still, the shift tore through me. Bones snapped and rebuilt, fangs split gums, and the

hered correcti

men take anything with t

. No she-wolf gets

you want to be s

nough to keep their distance-I wouldn't have to relive t

eved love could

d been t

as sincere enough, and strong enough to last. So one night, here in this same study

cu

l-moon

didn't fear me and was willing

wanted her.

o quiet the fire

knew instantly it was over. All the

left wa

iltered

enough to cut, "you're basically a ticking bomb? S

ers twitched, she yanked hers away and hid it beh

n't choose this. But I need

aying alive more. I can't wreck my whole life because of your curse. Let me h

ild!" My voice cracked with somet

hought you were the heir of the Voss family. But guess what? You're just a defective f

jacket and bol

I sounded hoarse, brok

was trash on the sidewalk. "Don't touch me. Don't come near me. And if you dare me

ho rattled through the empty room, smashi

me right before she walked out-fear, disgust

y bones: if even the woman who once loved me cou

close to the secret. Rumors? Let t

for woman after woman, parading them in front of me

allow me whole. At least then I wouldn't have to kee

another woman had

was the picture of power and control-an Alpha with zero flaws. Only I knew that under the expensive shell lived

cked leather chair. The room was so still I could hear my own steady

ly what a terrible choice she'd made. I'd crush whatever fantasy she brought wi

or slowly pushed op

ightly around the handle of a tiny suitcase it looked like she might snap it off. Her face was

u

ss the room and finally stopped on me, she didn't freak out, didn't do

cated emotions: taut wariness, deeply buried exhaustion, a calmness that looked

- that on

gh my spine like a high-voltage current,

t under the torment of the countdown and the curse, finally woke up. It wasn't a

we've been hunting for! Domini

consciousness with its roa

threatened to consume me. "Look carefully. Is she any different fr

e! Completel

en reek of sour fear - they make me want to vomit! But her - she smells like moonlight and the

ed. And even if she were different, so what? Eliza at least truly loved me once - and what happened? E

idi

scent is faint! But I can feel it - beneath that barrier,

and she nearly crushed me to pieces. This girl who hasn't eve

ome anywhere near me. The pa

spread from my heart, black markings crawling across my skin like living things. My eyes shifted to blo

ers stretched and distorted, nails lengthening into blades. Killing inte

till standing before me - the lit

f your c