ra

for a frightened Omega. Kaelen paused, his bro

fixed on the floorboards. "They will smell the Rejection on me by morning. The

they locked onto me. He hadn't expected this. He had brace

in my submissive posture. "But it will breed instability in your Pack. More importantly... how will the pups respect

between us, thic

the absolute bottom and focusing entirely on his honor and his pups, I m

ased the doorknob and stepped back into the room. "But the

, Alpha,"

s heavy suit jacket. Seeing an opportunity to test the absolute limits of his boundarie

Alpha," I s

pace, the air in the room instantly crystallized. A feral, chest-ratt

ng to a lethal, beastly octave that c

back, bowing my head

beneath his anger confirmed my suspicions. His aversion wasn't just disgust; it was a desperate, cursed s

on the extreme edge, the suffocating scent of Siberian cedar and winter fros

offered

felt his heavy hands pinning me to the freezing stone floor. The agonizing burn of the poisoned wine tore through my throat, ch

. so c

I needed warmth. I drifted across the mattress, drawn blindly to the onl

ing hot. My arm draped over a thick, muscular chest, my

avy, unsuppressed wave of my wild hyacinth scent, t

ence, followed by a violent shudder that felt li