testing me, she wasn't

ing stares, I thought maybe, just maybe, I could fade i

orne wasn't

ed me c

going to sto

sing wolf hierarchy, power dominance, and the Alpha Command,"

. I wasn't supposed to be here. Not without a shifted wolf. But the headmaster had al

usual, taking the e

ator with no cage. His black shirt strained against his chest, jaw shadowed with the kind o

at me yet, but I could

l I wanted to r

d. "We'll be practicing command projection; pair up and

mach t

osure and resistance

t know how to shield myself from an Al

o the back. "Since you are, by default, unshifted

went deat

s head

e today, his eyes met

ront of the room like dragging chains.

ng to get

't even be i

oing to be

e class, spine stiff,

e, since you are the highest-ranking ma

it had to be fucking Dante. Why did the

walked to the center. He stopped in front of me, his scent hitti

is time, little mu

ched m

ed back. "Beg

e sm

was no kin

destr

lose. His voice dropped

ne

me like a p

and my knees. My vision swam. The ro

-let out a faint whimpe

r Alpha;

woul

g my teeth, every muscle tremblin

I wouldn't give h

e and my knees were buc

ing down my spine, heart

lford murmured. "

s jaw

w only inches from me. His

el,

nds trembled, and my knees scr

command was laced with raw Al

in the corner

ept my

hispered, "You already broke the bond.

omething passe

pri

trat

. "You call this strength? You lo

than c

choed b

is throat. "That'

liberate, his gaze never leavin

aching, muscles tr

ad a spine," he said

n't a

and walked b

nce the rejection-I saw s

ust or laught

even

own the hall before the footstep

d me into the empty stairwell, s

think you're doing?" h

wrist free

get to play

You're the one who dragge

ched. "You h

ed me in front of the entire

get to talk

n, toe-to-t

anymore, remember? You

looked like he wanted

u kneel?" he a

ou're not

es dar

ond, I saw it, not

understand why

didn't still want him. I turne

looking back, "but whatever's growi

time... I felt powerful, but I also knew one thing with certainty: Dante

y to de