Married to the Billionaire Alpha
choing the storm building inside Eva's chest. Sleep had become a foreign luxur
o her since the nigh
maddening softness-but he hadn't said a word as he left, sh
Restraint? Or
snow drifting in through a cracked window. Every shad
her whis
ouder, said, St
red. She crept to the b
gathered.
resurfaced,"
breath
" anoth
border. Near
through them like
eplied. "But breathing
ent. Kael unfolded it, readi
nt moon split down the middle. She'd seen it once-
wl-a rogue faction rumored to dism
y
Ka
k make something in
-
wasn't supposed to-Kael had told her it was restricted-
encrypted with Kael's seal, but one folder had be
open
ack at her in n
s, C
art st
fa
same eyes as hers-brown with golden flec
page change
itor. Execu
nees ga
room
een labeled a tr
. He'd died on a missio
barely noticed the footsteps b
re looking for?" Kael's v
yal boiling in her throat.
h. "Because you
o know," she hissed
friend," Kael r
ilence
"Your father helped the Shadowed Howl. He leaked locations, sa
opened, but
broken. That alliances were forge
traitor," s
bel. There's a difference. Bu
ached. "He w
looke
the order was carried out. No one knows what h
anished beneath her. She coul
believed her father d
r her hand, but
" she said, v
e. He just nodde
ives, she realized s
been part of the
did that
-
the rogue wa
oody. Barel
ael entered the cell. The rogue
ked. "Still brood
to the bait. "You
"Maybe. Or maybe
nst the hidden wall ve
just for you. The whole system. The packs.
his arms. "L
n everything
ilence w
rogue sneered. "She has
fr
coming-his fist crashed into the man's ja
to say her name
ue spat
n. You just do
from the wall, h
eap
at she was
awn. Now
e
eached her room. She shut the doo
g was fal
pa
fa
mate
er own
-
Kael found
ime, he di
n the balcony, watching
't ask q
r more truths that wou
ce, he said, "You
est ti
"But your father taught me that loyalty means standing
en why do I feel l
at her, hi
you're
between them,
nly. "From the packs. From the Sh
"What if I don't wa
r behind her ear, his fing
de you," he said soft
erself lean into the warmth of someone wh
-
ce neve
the rogue
e
d in hi
is body, smeared in blood, were wo
me must
ath it,
v
-