A'S

alk about tenacity-he had plenty of it. He hadn't stopped asking

ill haven't

always carried the guilt I had nursed

behind my leaving, I swore I would never reveal it-not

d and rubbed me in all the right places,

inning to work and my resolve to protect the secrets and b

s chest, attempting to get up,

ing at him with all seriousness, trying

body trapped against him with the other-the sheer

ow path down my neck. "I'll decide when y

buttons, exposing my bra, which

essively, nuzzling into

he kissed one swollen mound, then the

from behind, his eyes rapt as my breas

ngue worshiping every inch as his hand tightened around me, pulling me

y bit of my resistance

st temporarily, trailing

pered into my ear, "Give me a name," punctuati

n their own accord, my mind spiraling as t

ore demanding, his hands and

fingers tangling in his hair a

ame," he bre

was

y into my mind, snapping me out o

forcing myself out of his lap an

smirked, reclining back into the bed, proppe

disgust-directed not at him, but at myself-as I quickly butto

ogether, "Just a little more... and I

I shrugged, keep

His voice lowered, eyes narrowing with so

mind but kept my face blank, we

his eyes gleaming an unusual shad

h me," I said coolly, reading his mind. We had grown up togeth

ly. "Ever the s

if you don't mind... Alpha." I added t

but quickly shrugged it off.

from the bed, sauntering naked toward h

hand on the knob, when his

the way. Is he

dried blood ringed my wrist.

Healthy enough," I answere

, "You're growing soft, Daya." His voice car

to release the pressure building inside before it turned black.

ason to end him," I said brusqu

the foolish wolf I'd spared earlier,

pen, my legs automatically moving toward the healer's building.

ew as a parent - the one man he trusted - was t

gged to stay, I saw it in his eyes. He had discovered our love, heard

it was Night's obsession w

might someday consume me -