Obsessed with the Alpha Professor

mi

assing second. The noise of the party swirled around me, but all

a foolish, desperate attempt to redirect my attra

ould've been filled with joy and celebration, wa

lease, demanding that I claim Linda. But after seeing the hurt in her eyes, all I could

lf my age, with the innocence and

he was sixteen, and even then, I hated my

re intense, something I had no business feeling. She was my d

rules or age gaps. Every time she was ne

right choices-and suddenly, one glance from Linda, and it all crumbled. My wolf was stubbor

the way she intrigued me. She was smart, bold, and surprisingly mature for her age. S

my daughter, Mimi, left me with no choice but to attend, and I thought I could h

efore she ran away. I wanted to go after her, to tell her it wasn't what she thought, but w

ze she had feelings for me until tonight. She was twenty-four, still young, but

autiful skin, her wild curls, and her r

every deep breath, was filled with her scent. My wolf kept taunting me with images of her in that

k with desire an

r, already deep into his drinks. He had a woman with him, someone I didn't re

e grinned at me. "This is Nella. You should talk to her. Sing

someone else. But I barely noticed. She was beautiful, no doubt, but my mind was elsewhe

d to say, forcing a polite smile. "

ghing. "He's been trying to set me up with

the back. "She'll keep you ente

my bottle. "I'm more of an outdoors k

. "Outdoors? Like

sighed inwardly, wishin

ly listening to, until he was distracted by someone else and left me alone. I leaned back in my chair, letting my eyes wander t

wasn't enough to quiet my

sworn off love, told myself that I would focus on raising Mimi and nothing else. But Li

a phase, a passing infatuation, but it wasn't. Every time I looke

serve someone like me, someone haunted

d the door. Maddox caught me just before I left, offe

nger, Damien!" h

d me, her usual bright smile replaced by a yawn. "Ready t

say much. We drove in silence

, fiddling with the radio. "She kept talking a

hard. "Did s

thing's been botherin

e road. She had every reason to

Every time I closed my eyes, I saw L

red as I moved through the woods, desperate to run, to unleash the pent-up frust

rs searching for her, but eventually, I had to accept the reality that she wasn't coming back.

ed her, craved her, and it wasn't goi

into the woods. The scent of damp earth

es flexed as my human form gav

goddess for abandoning us in our time of need. And now, i