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alf-naked stranger, my hands still stained with his fever-sweat.

, his eyes darting from me to the man on

echoed off the stone walls. "How could you? With a... a rogue!

en eyes, once filled with a warmth I'd mistake

fective. It wasn't enough to have me assaulted; s

hout thinking, I shifted my body, moving to stand between the stone slab and t

se amber eyes before they slid shut. In the instant Julian and Karmen had burst in, he had composed himself, his face going s

of the chase-it was all burned away by a cold, clear rage. "What I do

hority being questioned. "As a member of this pack, your conduct reflects on all

he two warriors behind

ing the path to the bed, a mother wolf defending her den. My vo

gotten. Julian stared, incredulous. An Omega, a wolfless Omega,

This was even better than she had planned. The mor

s heavy with menace. The air grew thick, heavy with the oppressive weight of his pheromones.

weak. Every instinct screamed

ace inches from mine, "I will

nger. Maybe it was the doctor in me refusing to abandon a patient. Maybe it

on radiating from him. The air seemed to hum with a sudden, oppressive energy-the kind that usually accompanie

t felt as though he were weighing me, watching to see how far a wolfless Omega would go

lare, finally moved. They started to circle aroun

bbing a loose stone from the floor. I was

wrapping around my wrist like a manacle of steel. The force of his grip se

away in disgust.

the edge of the stone slab. I fell agains

ing, their fingers just an inch

as quiet, almost lazy, yet it resonated with an a

a rather popular spot. Tell me, Sinclair, when did yo

snapped tow

p. He leaned back against the stone wall, one leg casually c

e, on the small, trembling, but unbroken line of my back. Ther

ony, who I had sedated and tended to, was now radiating an au

confused to utterly, bone-chillingly white. The rec

whisper, laced with a terror

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