lon

way from the desk, leading me to the expansive black leather sofa in the center of his dimly lit office. The scent of cedar

ne Cain-the ruthless billionaire who bowed to no one-crouched down on

ded, his voice a low, rumbling baritone t

o years, but under the intense, piercing scrutiny of his stormy gray eyes, my defenses comple

my chest. "And Laura. My own cousin. I went ho

urging the poison from my system. I told him about the suffocating stench of the

y knees. "He said I was nothing but a free maid and an ATM. I gave him everyth

kles turning stark white. The ambient temperature in the room plummeted. A heavy, lethal tension vibrated in the a

led a reckless, bitter fire inside me. I glared at him, projecting all my hatred fo

ery. "Did you betray your mate, too? After all, what else do you Alphas do besid

hallenge to an Alpha's honor. I saw the sharp line of his jaw snap t

ragged breath, for

opping to a gravelly, haunted whisper. "Krysta

reath catching

for a man like him. He described the agonizing, soul-shredding pain of severing a sacred mate bond. He looked away for a fraction of a second, the shadow

ame treachery. He had been humiliated, betrayed, and whispered about, just like me. In that moment, the towering wall b

ast shred of my sanity. I didn't want to think about Dan anymore. I needed to feel something else-something

bling fingers grabbed the knot of his immaculate silk tie. With a sudde

gid. His lips were scor

th away just a fraction, his hot breath ghosting o

more reckless kiss, my hands sliding up to grip the lapels of h

ped through Kane's chest,

Clai

wolf, Ares, seemed to echo in

hands flew up-one tangling fiercely in my blonde hair, the other gripping my waist with bruising force. He pulled