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the air was thick with the scent of cedarwood, expensive bourbon, and the lingeri

tracking my every movement like a predator watching a wounded deer in a clearing. I didn't

oice remarkably steady despite the

very chest. He stepped closer, closing the distance until I could see the tiny flecks of silver in his sto

I am not a piece of furniture you can

ring through the fabric. "You signed the contract. You took the million dollars. That money didn't buy your labor; it bought your auton

perate strength. "I'll give it back. Every cent. I

loor-to-ceiling window. The cold glass was a shock against my spine, while the heat of his body was a fu

unless I give you permission. You think I don't see the fire in your eyes? You think I don't know you're hiding som

one buzzed in my pocket. A sharp, insis

I could stop him. I struggled, hitting his chest, but he was a moun

Rogers is doing. I saw the news about the Sharpe family. D

ce in a heartbeat. He looked at the name-Julian-and then back at me. A low, gutt

, his grip on my waist tight

breath hitching. "Just a friend

far wall with enough force to embed pieces of it in the drywall. It shattered into a dozen pieces. "You belong to the Alpha King now.

, right over the mark he'd already left. "From this moment on,

at the wreckage of my phone, wondering if