ana

that voice still ma

d fluorescent lights of the hospital corridor, I saw his face clearly. The hard, merciless line of his jaw. The sharp bridge

was

omplete Alpha imprint inside me, shattering my life in a single night.

hitting the hard wall behind

storm of power and that infuriatingly masculine scent. Behind him, another man in a doctor's coat-Dr. Vance, one of the P

my voice a pathetic whisper.

s chest. "Do I? The scent on your skin

hysical blow. My face paled.

y, come in..." Her words died in her throat as she saw the towering figure pinning me to the

trying to duck under his ar

t against the wall beside my head, blocking my e

shing against my ear as he whispe

tion prot

lood ran cold. He didn't just know wh

ld, cornered-animal fury. If I was g

hloe to hear. "First, I get ruined by a rude, clumsy Alpha who clearly thinks brute force can make up for being emb

ing to see a flicker of

bad in bed" and "ancient, ugly Alpha Montgomery." For a moment

ders shaking with what looked susp

omething else, something I couldn't read. A dark, calculating amuse

tached. "Miss Nichols," he said, his tone mockingly f

e weight of absolute authority. I only caught snippets. "...in Alpha Montgomery's name... issue a realm-

should be receiving a gift from your 'fiancé' very soon," he murmured. "R

his head slightl

a powerful Alpha with enough influence over the Royal Pack's healers

I spat, my voice trembling w

th a chilling combination of mockery and indi

ing down the now-silent hallway. "Keep an eye on our

lked away, his broad back a

ess fury. My last hope, my one chance at freedom, had just b