The Alpha's Last Choice.

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golden liquid across David's pristine hardwood floor. My engagement ring foll

ormer best friend Sarah pulls the sheets up to cover herself. The same sheet

you to explain how you ended up inside my best friend o

me. Three years of friend

what you

he dresser, my hands shaking so badly I can barely

I bought specifically for tonight, that cost half my monthly salary because I wan

t away from the sight of them together. The storm matches my mood perfectly... violent, unpredictable, des

g, all those times Sarah was "too busy" to hang out. They were together. Probabl

treetlight. My dress is ruined, my makeup probably running down my face like

when I

as I get closer, lightning illuminates the scene, and I realize it's a man. He's lying on his

ical training kicking in despite my em

y dress. The amount of blood is staggering, no one should lose this much and still be breathi

ve killed him, but they're not bleeding as heavily as they should be. Actually, t

ounds, trying to stem the bleeding. "Stay w

es sna

like mercury in moonlight. For a moment, I think I'm hallu

m his throat, not quite

, commanding, despite his c

applying more pressure to his wound

definitely not human. It's primal, dangerous, the kind

don'

afety. Probably because those silver eyes hold the same pain I'm feeling. Or was it's

. "I'm not leaving

he world narrowing to just this moment, just the two of us in this dirty alley. His wounds a

oing," he whispers, but the f

p off my ruined jacket and press it aga

sound. "You might be

s slip out before I can stop them, raw and honest

ible eyes seeing more than I wan

ke my head. "We need to

it presses against his chest, and heat shoo

a do

w I should be

uld have been gone before I found him. Yet here he is, talking t

e you?"

tightens. "Someone y

e pull between us, this impossible healing happening under

a," I say

won't answer. Then, so quietly I a

ing in those silver eyes that mirrors what I'm feeling... recogn

s my name sends shivers through me that

avid and Sarah destroyed in me, whatever Kael is about to awaken... it all started here, i

us, but something inside m