nore
I just turned and walked out of the medical station. To stay another second, to watch
stian called after me, his
pace quickening.
t didn't reek of blood and deceit. I walked a few paces into the trees, leaning
tself from the shad
down again
expression grim. I'd forgotten he was supposed to be her
"No," I said, my voice hollow. "I let my
leonore. It's kindness. You have a good heart." He lifted his hand, his movem
stray leaf from my hair when a force li
into a chest as hard and hot as a furnace. Cristian's sc
window of the station. He had seen Cornell rea
e against him. His eyes, burning with a possessive f
n snarled, the sound a low, primal growl
ur mate?" he taunted, his voice dangerously soft. "Is this how you treat
raw power. It was the gala all over again,
led in his grip, but it was use
edge from the perceived challenge from Cornell, roared in his mind. It wou
ll completely. He started dragging me toward t
o transparent, that I would h
ncern. "Cristian, your arm... let me take care of it," she pleaded, tr
ian roared, not e
iation. For the first time, his anger wasn't directed at me. It wa
for the rival Alpha watching
nched the passenger door ope
I had nothing
He grunted in surprise, his grip loosening for a fraction of a second. It was all I neede
didn't even understand. I looked at the woman standing behind him, her face a pi
my voice dripping with a cold
the door. The engine roared to life. I didn't look in the rearview mirror as I sped away, leaving
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