y Bur
ation room, the echo of the falling chains
s honey-amber pupils dilating as he sta
aura of an apex predator rolling off Bennet made it h
ng growl from deep in his throat, shifting half a step si
ennet didn't get angry. Instead, a rare spark of
concrete floor. "Breaking that Glover trash's jaw without blinking-I have
by the door break out in fresh cold sweat,
d, not dropping his guard an inch. "W
tongue would offend the supreme ruler of the city, I
shrill with terror. "Shut your mouth, kid! This is
muscles along Caden's br
et was a Wall Street legend and the only pureblood Dire Wolf Alpha King in the country-a m
piciously between my expensive white dress and Bennet's fac
m with guards watching, there was no way I could explain m
ugging his arm toward the open door. "Let's get out of here f
inclined his head toward the captain waiting outside. "Bri
ain bowed repeatedly and scurried a
ut with every step we took behind Bennet, the mus
eral times sharper than normal. Back in the cell, the smell of bleach and blood had m
risp cedar drifted steadily f
ng pheromone was a second, much fainter scent-co
Caden, who had grown up under the same roof with
ordinary werewolves could barely smell my faint natural
rushed onto Bennet's sleeve-it was soaked deep into his
y blended that deeply after hours of
mselves to the concrete floor, hi
k in confusion, only to meet a pair
nostrils flared wildly as his ch
ent?" Caden's voice cracked into a furious, t
ty captain tripped over
slowly, his deep gray-blue eyes glintin
's gaze suddenly caught on the slightly open collar of
IP corridor's emergency lights, th
d into Bennet's suit, his sharp eyes had followed the ope
t fatal weak spot on any werewolf-sat a neat, bruise
niably left by a woman's mouth in
tar string about to snap as he pointed a trembling fin
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