lyn
lexander estate, and the air was suffocating. It was thick with the scent of old wood, beeswax, and the weight of centuries
th hawk-like intensity. Their gazes kept drifting to my fla
n's uncle, said, his voice a gravelly pronouncement. "It has been four
eful flush crept up my neck. I kept my expres
taken care of," he said, his tone dismissive, as if discussing a quarterl
the Elders filed out, Kaden st
e low and cold. "Make her understand that dr
esignated for the Alpha and Luna, a place that had never felt
addendum's execution documents. It's legally airtight. It wa
on our union, he had already forged my cage. He had never intended for this to be
entered, his face etched with a discomfort t
egan, "Kaden
you to remind me of my place. To tell me I'm nothing but a broodmare in a g
unned by my bluntness. He took off his glasses and polished the
t," he said carefully, "ar
the first time he had spoken as a man, not as Kaden's m
ising to my feet and walking toward him. "But you are also a graduate of Harv
to meet mine. "I am simply exe
g," I pressed, standing directly in front of him. "It is a cage, Mr. Stone. You can tell Kaden that. Bu
at me, and I saw a flicker of something new: respect. The man who had entered t
I will relay your message, Luna." He turned
med pack warriors patrolled the manicured lawns. Thi
locked. The emotiona
pressure point that would hurt him enough to for
: Bianca Black, her face a
, I would go after what he protected most fiercely. Her. Her family. Eve
fully formed the plan. I pulled up Mr. Davis'
jects that have intersected with the Alexander Group in the last two years. I want to kn
screen, watching the messag
, hard contracts, then I would learn the gam
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