Bound By The Alpha’s Mark: His Whore

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hrough the curtains. As I took in my surroundings, disorientation flo

as already dressed, I couldn't help but feel uneasy when I saw him because of the little strain

mpted a crushing surge of passion to run through me. The fragranc

ty like that of a predator sizing up his prey, and I kn

, I could see the harsh lines on his face an

o recall his face, but the feat

you?" I managed to croak, my voice barely

unreadable in the dim light. "Here," he s

is hand. "What? What's this?" I stammered, my

e replied tersely

ake sense of his words. "I don't understand,"

tinued, his voice tinged with impati

he fragments of memory from the night before. "I don't re

sion on his shoulders. "It doesn't matter now," he stated,

ed for this." I to

ritation. "Who wouldn't want to accept a check for 100 mill

ntion of the figure, but at the same time, I needed

me." I pushed i

ied, "That's your problem, a

s in a room with a total stranger who was offeri

and I'd be devastated to get married to you because of some s

nt Alpha, lingered behind him. The truth continued to elude me, slipping through my fingers

ain? I had to pinch my

saw Nicholas's name flashing on the screen. With trembling fingers, I answere

him, forcing a note of

gh the line, tinged with concern and confusion. "

y," I stammered, my mind racing to come up with a plausible excuse. "I

e other end of the line, and I held

alize how worried I was throughout yesterday? I though

rds. Nicholas had always wanted this, yet I deprived him of

put you through so much s

sure you weren't wit

d happened the night before began to sw

seeing the world become dark around me as sleep took hold of me. Then, though,

thing in pain and my face burning with heat. I felt myself thrashing a

vering from exertion. And then, all of a sudden, I was awake. With a flurry o

f salvation hanging before me like a cruel temptation, his

cutting through the chaos like a k

ike a wave of water. That's when it became clear that he was the reason I w

t if what he had said was accurate? What if this rescue turned ou