A P

ll, persistent ache as I dragged myself up

eight of that stranger still seemed to p

he bedroom, my phone vibrat

ice exploded through the receiver.Willow was

oddess you are alive! H

ng against the banister t

ilthy piece of garbage! If he wanted out of the mating, he should have said so, instead of

out celebrating, but when I arrived all dressed up, he left me wa

s?I couldn't be certain, but

I forced the ache down. "It is ov

me, I will strap on my sharpest heels and take his he

down the back of my neck. "Wasn't it t

ious because you never showed up at his lounge!

my lungs, my mind sp

ontact, then who was the l

settle, the master be

ing to his forehead, a single dark towel sl

nded, his amber eyes narr

evered the call without a w

ogant superiority, eyeing me as if I were no

the swollen, bruised bite mark

ntic, breathless encoun

hurned in my stomach, far heav

red flatly, steppi

t to clamp around my wrist like a shac

e returned, I used to greet him with quiet war

es. "Have I not always been like this? Obedient, quiet, maintaining y

t that what you preferred? It certainly made it convenien

justing the towel at his waist with unbothered arrogan

g the skin where his fingers had rested, wiping

her public?"

ensiveness crossing his features.

ed to? The front-page headlines of you flaunting her at the Pa

ly devoid of its former warmth, yet he seeme

. "Clarisa is carrying my pup. Her early weeks are fragile, and

into the fabric of my coat

as pr

pty home and protecting his reputation, he ha

s not that I refused to touch you, Kira. It is simply that you are ent

e air, but the sting was gone, r

y own claws and hiding my strength to play the obedien

, my expression

e the bond and get the divorce papers drawn up. That

im off guard, his brows t

to get, Kira? How many of these childish games have you tried over the

descension, entirely convince

on. You would never survive a d

ted across my face

in the pack hit rock bottom, I had emptied every

d debt of gratitude, and I had foolish

etrayal, and continuing to care wo

n agreement," I said, my voice steady as st

ght past him into the room, I began pack