The Alpha King's Hidden Wolfless Mate

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ace hidden behind the crinkling pages, my eyes sca

nses. Here, the air was thick, a chaotic soup of w

ke from the flow of the crowd, h

cardboard package next

ell," he murmured, his

ck into the river of people

to my lap, beneath the table. I carefully tore open o

leather backpack, stood up, and t

entum carry me toward the edge of the ci

of tires sliced

the curb. It was hurtling down the sidewalk, directly toward a

no time

know I possessed. I shoved through the scattering peo

nd shoving his small back hard. He tumbl

my balance gone. I stumbled, cras

l of

me, and where his skin touched mine, a jolt

to clear my visi

golden-brown, were narrowed, fixed on me with an intensity that made my heart hammer against my ribs. But as

ightened, his finger

was a shaky whisper, but

e demanded, his

een. I followed his gaze. The boy was gone. But just for a seco

knowing, adult smile. Then

ed to ice. He thou

ted me off my feet as if I weighed no

shrieked, hammering my fists agai

d hit the pavement with a heavy thud. M

even gla

disappeared. People gasped and scrambled out of

n years in the making, was ruined before it had even t

e collar of my shirt. The locket my adoptive parents ha

e catching the flash of silver. But his

e bait he'd

ds instantly muffled. He spun around and slammed me against the c

nst my collarbones, his face just inches from mine. His golden eyes bore into mine, c