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om back here, s

ut, and the crowded elevator jo

e polished floor, a firm, scaldi

me flush against his side. The sudden momentum threw my balance completely off, sending my cheek brushing ri

y, but my skin felt as though it had b

i

public relations crew poured out

mark on Lord Wi

omeone this morning. Looking at

ed up to its

e glass doors of the lobby, I spotted Nolan still stand

shrank back into the co

without a word, his expression un

out?" Liam asked w

had pieced the wh

t riding down to the executive garage with the boss. I had arrived in his

led for an excuse. "You two go ahea

nt felt like an agonizing eternity, like a

bterranean garage. Winston and Liam

hreshold, I mashed the button

e design department wa

g over to the wide glass windows to gaze

queued up some music and do

off. Walking into the pantry, I brewed a fresh cup of coffee and returned to my ta

and stretched my aching shoulders. The

acked my leather tote, and wa

r screens wer

checked the internal networ

rtical transport suspended

of concrete stairs

o of the darkened elevator buttons, a

eged. Is anyone com

shed open the heavy, soundproof fi

d me with a sickening, definitive latch,

k. Only the faint green glow of the eme

, I began descending the concrete steps,

s when a loud, piercing rin

jerking in terror. My foot caught on the edge of the step, my body pitching forward. In my frantic scramble to

ng crack of shattered glass echoed up through the con

llowed the s

hest heaving, the sound of my r

line wa

d behind me. I was completely trapped on the emergency

in the stair

n from the landing above-the unmistakable,

seized

ped in a locked stairwell with an unknown, prowling Alpha was a nightmare. If an unfamiliar Alpha found me corn

mega biology flared under th

, bruised gland at the base of my neck throbbed violently beneath my

pport my weight. My breath hitched in short, shallow gasps, my chest rising and falling erraticall

keep from collapsing, terrified that the sweet, defenseless scent leak

n

clicked to life, casting a long, monstro

ing cadence of leather dres

a

a

a

hurried jog of

d pace of an apex predator stal