The Alpha's Damnation

ot, her hand frozen on the bathro

some semblance of privacy where she could gath

dol

rreal, like something plucked

the bathroom's small, frosted window. His back was turned to her

tly at the edges, and his skin glistene

as...

y of his hips that was entirely at odds with the ruthles

s carried an odd sort of gra

r the lines of his shoulder blades and the curve of h

fect, every inch of him exuding

was magnetic, a force of nature

e moment that she didn't

movements deliberate, like he

ame into view first, then the

having, the blade in one ha

and gleaming with a mixture of mis

oice low and teasing, the words echoing

e winked at her, a cocky, almost boyis

riating. It w

was u

tely aware of how ridiculous she must have looked, s

e than necessary, her heart racing so fast

inst the closed door, her palm flat against her chest

, her breaths coming

t?" she whispered to her

and thoroughly amused. It was the kind of laugh that sent a

rid herself of the image that was now burned i

he way the foam clung to his chin

togethe

r. The hallway felt suffocating, his

d the window at the end of the corridor, needin

, she gazed outside, her eyes un

just ha

she tried to make se

m. He was her captor, her enemy, the man who ha

o w

t of him? Why had her heart stuttered wh

him, captivated by the ver

nails biting into her palms

ler. A monster

image of his smirk, the way his body moved with effortless co

red under her bre

eak, infatuated girl who could be swayed by

ble, and as much as she wanted to bury it, she

sticky and grimy, her skin crawling with th

ng as the need to escape from the linger

er back still pressed against the wall,

m threatening to overtake her-e

the glint in his eyes, the way his deep, mock

ow. No, she refused to let h

s down the front of her tattered cloth

tense, still betraying her with the way her

athroom door creak open, and her

gh she felt his presence like a wei

the same infuriatingly casual confi

lphus didn't say a word. H

of the corner of her eye, his broad shoulde

weren't even there, his bare feet si