The alpha became a monk after having affair

alm sliding up his arm, nails grazing his bicep like a slow, deliberate caress. He le

e laughe

d I came back, you made me your mate for real. And those things you wrote in you

Alpha Theodore's voice, raw and fierce. "Yes, I never let you

en plunged into icy water. I remembered Alpha Theodore

, Clara. You're the

is "care" was n

poured my soul into-wa

ghting the tears that

an

a Theodore's choi

e truly loved. It was time to sever the bon

from the door, my heart breaking but res

vator, my mind a fog of

t, the doors were openin

, approached me. "You're here for Isab

-I'd forgotten

o the gallery, my feet moving l

orm inside me. "This exhibit was funded by Alph

watercolor painting,

s sharp and defined, a distinctive

dark too many times to mistak

over, each canvas marked with dates

lding clothes with meticulous attention. That was the fifth day of my confinement, when I'd been refusing a

g glinting coldly on his finger. That was the thirteenth day, when I'd sliced my wrist in de

y 1

drifting through the rain. That was the fourteenth day, when I lay chained to the wall, throat raw from s

s biting into my palms, bu

look anymore. I tu

-

y a week from now, then headed to the old f

ide, my father shoved a p

tone clipped. "We want Isabelle to spend her fi

was for te

your head," he added

ticket, my lips

Isabelle could have their precious time alone, free of th

e chimed in, her eyes red with crocodile tea

y voice flat. "I

ne with him. This family?

d, surprised I'd

ght he'd finally

one so

rewell ceremony for

e," I