a P
ovided me with a simple gray uniform and a schedule so detailed it felt
nto Cyrus's master suite for the first time. The room was enormous and
. A web of old, silvery scars crisscrossed the broad expanse of his back, interwoven with
til he turned. I quickly dropped my
re," he
ed myself to remain calm, refusing to let the fear inside me show. I kept my eyes f
t and clamped around my wrist. His skin was scorchi
o pull away, but his
me, searching for something. He was testing me, I rea
me a statue in his hold. I couldn't
in on the inside of my wrist, a slow, deli
he stated, a hint of amu
er. The heat in my cheeks inte
neck, to the dark mark he ha
up, his cool fingertips gently
rrent shot from that single point of contact, rac
t hurt," I manag
hot breath fanning across my neck. "Bec
alyzed. After he marked me, I could somehow sense his Alpha scent, something that should ha
ed my senses, leaving me dizzy. A primal part of me,
squeezed my eyes shut, not because I was waiting for it,
sterday. No matter how much I resisted, no matter how much I f
lost the rig
red myself to endur
umble. I caught myself on the edge of a d
once again a mask of cold indifference. The man who had
You may go," he
ed with me, pushing me to a breaking point, only to back away. It was more unsettlin
ced the shirt on the
ool wall, gulping in air. My heart pounded
as a thousand times more da
y mind and break down my
k. You will not break, Aria, I
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