Scarred, Rejected And Claimed By The Alpha

rmth of the summer day. The full moon hung low in the sky, casting silver light over the dense fore

down the empty sidewalk, her heart pounding with a mixtur

d nowhere

from the world where she could disappear. But she should ha

inder that she didn't belong anywhere-not in the hu

p ahead caught her eye.

offee and lonely souls nursed their regrets over cheap meals. It wasn't much, b

ped her. The place was nearly empty, save for a tired-looking waitress be

ar end of the diner, her back

graying hair approached, notepad

ria murmured, her voice

y. Aria exhaled shakily, fingers tracing over the edg

er wolf

her spine. Her instincts scream

ny hairs on the back of

door jingled, and Aria's

tepped

fully built

as tousled, as if he had just shifted back into human form, and his sharp jawline was shadowed wi

e that sent ice through Ari

moke. And som

ph

t her ribs as her wolf w

eyes swept over the room

mach dropp

tensed, the way his nostrils flared a

a

through her

ing from the possibility of being claimed

mov

alking prey. Aria's fingers clenched into fists beneath t

his voice deep and smooth, yet fill

look up at him. "You've

e corner of his lips

a's coffee on the table with a smi

ied without taking

. "Uh, we don't serve

he nodded once. "T

s sheer presence suffocating. She could feel the heat radiating off him,

wed hard. "

rolling off his tongue like a comm

around her coffee cup

of the strongest in the co

s staring at her like

"I don't know what you think is happ

tightened. "That's

't ask for permission. It didn't care a

d," she whispered. "

kened. "You

breath

ldn't let t

s feet just as fast, his hand darting out to grab her wrist. The moment his skin touch

rself free. "Sta

ink I can do that?" His voice was deadly soft. "You feel it just a

awed at h

and bolted

her like a slap, but sh

d to e

uth if he ever knew what she really was, what h

destroy e

sure if she cou