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verish skin, and the sudden contrast sent a sha

walls of the elevator, and the darkness in his steel

g straight ahead at the metal doors as if he h

ron grip, but The Heat had completely drained my

gh pad of his finger stroking the sensitive curve along the

n hard on the tip of my tongue to let the s

thy, and utterly devoid of th

est, the scent of frozen cedar wrapping around

breath brushed the corner of my lips. "You were beg

ouse floor, and the elevator doors glided open

n one fluid motion, adjusting the crisp cuffs of his su

s trembling as I watched his broad back walk awa

rning around, his tone indifferent a

my arms and hoisting me off the floor with effortless

rk wool runner that lined the private hal

posing a sprawling living room designed in severe, mi

her sectional, setting me down onto the deep c

cie," the Alpha said

pping backward through the main doors and p

se was deafening, filled only by the r

glass, unscrewing a crystal decanter and pouring a

ng wave of pure fire that forced me to curl inward, my fing

ely to suppress the primal urge to crawl across the room a

ernal fever peaked, my knuckles turning

stopping right in front of the sofa to look down at m

had instantly detected the hollow, quiet void inside

, and a spark of raw humiliation ignited inside my chest

ne smooth swallow before setting the crystal glass

anting his large hands on the sofa back on either side

ed over my senses, making the fire in my

to press my burning forehead against his cool neck, but when my c

g an octave into a low, gravelly registe

myself backward, but my spine was already p

lar of my silk overshirt, ripping the ruined fabric away in o

sending a violent shiver down my spine, yet my body

hest, the cold authority of his Alpha presence slowly givin

from the storm brewing in this room, a single tear of

ear and wiping it away with startling force as hi

tle rabbit. The gam