Mate Beyond Scent

ly just begun. I pressed my palm against the cool surface of the floor to ceiling window, staring down at the pulse

ed in the shadows, I was just another human navigating a world of wolves. I told myself that my work kept me safe, that the numbers and accounts o

st crack I had

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ity. He commanded Blackthorne not just with wealth but with an aura of power that drew both fear and admiration.

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ould not. Not because she did not exist, not because fate had been merciful, but because the Alpha who should have recognized me was blind to it. A curse, a birthr

a magnetic force pulling me toward him, a tension that

t words and subtle gestures. He leaned against the polished mahogany table, dark eyes scanning the room with the confide

nexplicable instinct, whispered to him tha

d. It always did. There was a precision in the way I worked, calculations, spreadsheets, strategy documents, but prec

irst time I set eyes on him. A murmur of conversation rippled through the boardroom, colleagues oblivious to the tension tha

and commanding, "your projecti

eemed to shrink, the chatter fading until it was only the two of us, and I c

"By your own parameters, the growth forecast is conservative but realistic. A

or hiding something. I wanted to say more, to challenge him, to see if he would push, but I

knowledged, and yet undeniable. He stepped closer, closing the gap that had been my only b

t he felt it too, thou

ied the weight of a storm. "I would like you to oversee th

beneath it, something I could not quite decipher. So

my voice steady despite the s

I felt the gaze linger, even as he spoke to others. It was impossible for him to s

de whether to be ter

d before my eyes. Something had shifted tonig

e should have been. My instincts screamed danger, a familiar rush of adrenaline that whispere

inst the city lights, a figure not quite human, not quite wo

n I looked aga

emained. Stron

and undeniable was threading between us, invisible but unbroken. And I

nt. And in a world where that bond was sup

t, I would have to s

, knowing your mate, and being known by t

ized, had just ste