Hooking Up With Her Ex's Alpha Dad

Again. "Congrats on surviving four years of hell! Now Prince Adr

– not just from embarrassment, but from the old, familiar dread. ​​Jen was right about one thing:

pussy," her breath scorched my ear, "he'd have ghosted you after Date #1. But no, Sunshine, he stayed." Her

ather was. The Alpha.​​ I'd never met him, but Adrian's descriptions chilled me:

u'll get for an alpha wolf. Tonight's about screaming his name, not playing coy." She spun me to

her, breathless. Mo

ou

wrist. "Bet the Alpha's pup

odies. My frantic pulse synced with Jen's crude prophecy. I sca

way

oz

e shattered on ma

s kne

e daughter of the Moonlight Pack Alpha-born into inherited wealth and power. Her brown hair cascaded down her back l

, his face glowing with

g through the now-silent room, "Wi

stabbed at my heart like a knife. The ring-the one I had found in our apartment, the

ting through every cell. I felt her curling into herself

y. "Claire, you good?" Her hand gripped

ucking chance. I would meet his eyes. He

e blank, I carved a path through the gawking cr

wisting my ring on her finger, basking in stolen sunlight. Adrian spotted me. A flicker crossed his face

asped out, low and hard. My voic

in her ear. She gave me a contemptuous look, then turned to chat with

drian into a dim storage room besid

"Three years, Adrian. Three whole ye

rms crossed, wearing an expre

st powerful Crescent Moon Pack would choose an Omega from some no-name pack?" His lips curled cruelly. "You wer

and merciless. My wolf recoiled de

no!" I roared. "Instea

it now."

o the Crescent Moon Pack,

idn't fall. I looked him in t

ed my arm. "If you ever need he

free. "Don't

is shout,

and she understood. She didn't say a word, just wrapped

away, avoiding her worried eyes. My mind was a me

ed int

ned. I wiped them away. "Claire, don't

lf Elite," I t

ring music, dark lighting, the ki

nageable edge. I sat at the bar, staring

e at the back of my neck.

owly. My br

d with silver stubble. Broad shoulders beneath a perfectly tailored black suit. Every inch of him radiated

. I caught his scent-sandalwood and mint, mixed with something darker, deeper.

was deep. Like thunder, b

like warm fingers touching me. Then he held my eyes

yebrow. "Do you always order for wome

his hand out. Big. Strong hand. "Theo. I have a son. Wild. Alway

y hand shook as I took his. Hot fire ran down

tle wolf cried

and Alpha, touched my cheek. Close. Mine. He whispered low in

gone. Onl