Betrayed Luna To Alpha Queen
ath caught
in
just brush off. It was a fact, said as simply as
trapped bird. The sound filled her ears, d
r her skin, but anger burned stronger than pain. It rushed throu
how the silver cut into her skin.
cold room. She expected him to react, to sho
idn't ju
showing in those hard-to-read silver eyes. The kind of smile t
voice like velvet over stone. "
. Every muscle i
ld and heavy like a stone. But there was some
to keep her voice steady. But s
de of her neck. So close she could feel the warmth
topped. Her lips
ing her-not really. But he was close enough that she could feel his warmth radia
he di
ed Laura more
she whispered, her voice barely
nswer. Not
n a slow, careful way. His breath tickled her skin, sendi
ly on her chin, got just a bit tighter. J
ut not far. Just enoug
ng," he sa
Something Laura didn't want to name, didn't want to fee
she whispered, her
to the side, like she was a puzzle he was tryin
, his voice deeper than before. "E
d, her mind racing.
ged to ask, hating how
nd. It wasn't just about
knew so
ing ab
to find her anger again. "Whatever gam
gh. The sound rumbled in h
d it was
hem, heavy with meaning. His eyes d
. So quick she might have imagined it. But her
asked, surprising her
ps nearly brushing her ear
th made her shiver. Sh
stepped back, the air felt less heavy. Li
feel relief, he tur
ng back to calm and cold, but with an edge
owed her confus
he quiet room. The sound echoed off the walls. "You can'
giving nothing away. But something
omorrow," he said, his voic
pens at moonrise?" she demanded
ace down to her bound wrists, then back up ag
t what you really are," he
he wa
r shut behind him wi
silver, her heart beating fast in her chest. But th
been. The memory of his scent-wild forests and something dark
the walls that held her captive, a
" she whispered to the empt
bad place-only to wal
e wors
re which one
r breathing. Trying to ignore the way her
hung in the air. Wild
ep down, her wo
ost terrifying
s, the prison, the threats-her wolf
er head, tryi
s is just another prison.
the words, she knew s
her. When he'd breathed her in like she was some
nrise, she would fin
inst the wall, her ch
hatever he thought he knew about he
wolf had o