h Gilles

ing a heavy wave of Alpha command that made my knees buckle. The tray rattled vi

, raised my hand, and

er frost. Damon Mills sat behind an expansive mahogany desk, wearing a tailored black silk shirt with the top two but

ngers casually rotated the blackened stee

ut," he said, his tone entirely

e near the hearth. The recording pen was a hard, silent weight against my ribs. Every i

commotion erupted in

ease, let me s

oked scream made the b

ar

e open doorway. Behind me, I heard the rustle of paper as Damon finally

the stone floor. She was clutching her three-year-old son, Toby, beneath her body, shiel

self between the guards and shoving the closest

hern mine sent a messenger... Eber collapsed an hour ago. The silver toxicity reached his lungs! They said if we don't pay a five-

ed thousan

ripped of Casimiro's allowance the week after his fu

Then, my gaze darted back into the warm suite, landing di

kept the recording-if I held this illicit arrangement over

down at Clara's bloodshot eyes and Toby's trem

ping to a low, fierce whisper. "Lock the door from the ins

kly. She gathered the weeping child into her arms

and shut the heavy door behind me, se

ver his chest, watching me with cold detachment. "Done wi

from the coffee table, my hands clammy with col

violent thumping in my chest. "The Matriarch personally prepared t

its. A suffocating silence stretched bet

aw, oppressive dominance of an apex Alpha washed over me, pr

He let out a low,

snatching the bowl from my grip. He bro

he gray in his eyes flared with a rim of crimson-the unmist

so hard that hot liquid splashed across his knuckles and the classified documents. "

r weight of his fury crushed the air f

his towering frame blocked out the light from the hearth. "You look quite eager for a woman acting

al slap, burning the bridge of my

the spilled Moon Lily vaporized against the war

in the concentrated fumes, my body suddenly betrayed me. A wave of un

k spots, and a sudden dizziness forced my b

clamping around my jaw like an iron vis

y head up. His gray eyes burned down in

at starts?" His voice was ice over jagged stone. "