Belonging to the Mad Alpha

lost you

eyes at his as

?! He'll come for you this time. He'l

y's mouth when he clenched his

ed me to remind you again? Next time i

was why the rumors about his brother had always been one-sided. Kyle hadn't taken t

irl though... do I

e thinks I'm human. You know I think something's off about this one... w

s one. I'm

before dawn, never letting them see his face. Why did he want this one to stay? That

y said, prete

h clung to her as she yawned and pushed herself upright. She staggered out of the room and into the living room, wh

ee you're awake," he said,

I collected my paym

ainted on the ceiling to the deep blue drapes and embroidered tapestries, every inch of the space screamed wealth and old secrets

lled again, sna

e for dropping her into the lap of a ridiculously rich man-a handsome one, at that. She couldn

reminded herself

something else-thr

her down like

night? Is that why he was

. see he

oked, nothing had changed from last night. Her body didn't ache, nothing throbbed, and no part of her told

ed around her like a blanket. This man clearly wasn't attracted to her. And worse, her

head with a slo

came at me last night? Don't make me regret b

t? Absol

lass with the renowned prof

sic at a conservatory that only accepted the truly gifted. And she had

ing. "I'm sorry we ever met, but I have to

li

for her-but only to hand he

he could charm this man into l

ot after he had been kind. Not aft

hen... I'll drive you to t

"I can... I can f

alked out of this house unmarked, her brother would find her. And Kyle didn't want that.

y. "I just want to ma

wall clock across the room, an

somewhere. Some

initely wa

hour, and if I don't make

at him in the middle of the night, but the girl in front of him now. D

harder than

ng her class than she had been whe

clean dress already. I'll drop you off,

blin

ith me. After s

ough her panic. But she nodded. It was a fair deal.

he

mmering in her chest as she rushed to her classroom. She'd never

y confidence. Students left his class crying. Some drop

ssor

st in thought, disconnected from the world. Nothing like the chaotic energy during auditio

and no room for error. Only five students had passed. She w

prof

ing at the center like an altar. The entire room was spotless, unnaturally so, every surface polished, every chair perfect

loudly, trying to push

dents who couldn't handle discipline. She'd squeeze every b

d to pic

, a frown carved into his face, thin lips perpetually pursed in disapproval. Round spectacles, of cours

actly three minutes

ed toward

th

nute p

l no

the second? Maybe her clock was off.

" she muttered, barely loud

definition o

chair screeched back, her phone tumbled from her lap and sha

re did not match her

is mouth like venom. "Welcome to your first-an