Resisting The Alpha
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s gaze locked on the forest beyond the village. The scent curled around him like smoke, wild a
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r shoulders squared, her expression unreadable. No hesitation. No fea
lenched
run from him was gone, replaced by a woman w
ecause if anyone could have clim
ld have honored the choice she made all those years ago. B
ed off t
just enough to catch his movement in her periphery. When she finally turned, the air betwe
, neither of
r gaze lock
inst deep
n of past
, Xavier Storm faced the one wom
e was steady, but there
er. Her chin lifted slightly,
for
f his lips. A dangerous thing. Not amused, not pleased-ju
d beneath the surface like a slow-building wildfire. She might ha
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she fought it, this t