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ing the lights of JFK like ghosts drifting through the night. T
ng lot for nearly an hour, waiting for my fiancé, Floy
eather steering wheel, each beat matching the stead
ond stretched tig
side the car w
ainst the center console.The sharp buzz
nced
.The notification came from
here near JFK. It should have been sitting safely in the
ach?My brows k
st security, but this was Manhattan.
eling rising in my chest,
ows. First, my eyes caught the limited-edition emerald Birkin bag I had just bought for my sister, Charlotte, sitting innocently on the passeng
ight-vision lens revealed Floyd and Char
uld kiss my eyes every time befo
a look I had never seen on his face before. His sh
in Floyd's hair. Charlotte leaned forward, her lips lightly brush
r," Charlotte whispered. "Te
u. Oh my god, that's you. She has never--she's so cold
iumphant laugh. "Then why a
, grabbing her buttocks with both hands
I didn't scream. I simply watched, my face impassive, as
the high-definition footag
of pack security. "This is Alexa Maxwell," I said, my voyou to have it towed to a scrapyard and crushed into a
screen: London weather is a nightmare. Fligh
he screen, the words blurring for a moment before I shoved the phone into my pocket. I needed ai
d toward the terminal, the click of my
d no idea what was around me; my world had shrunk to the cold marble floor beneath my feet and the searing he
y lungs. My phone flew from my hand, skittering across the polished floor, and my ankles wo
never
e. The moment his skin touched mine, a violent, electric shockwave ripped through my body. I gasped, my knees buckling as
he scen
very soul. For the first time in my entire life, the dormant White Wolf buried deep inside me stirred, letting out a faint, trembling w
The man was a god carved from lethal shadows. His sharp jawline tightened, an
t the stranger's hand placed on my waist, his eyes filled with extreme shock, as if he had witnessed an act that defied the natura
demanding my complete surrender. I couldn't think. I could barely breathe. Every cell
trembling hands against his chest. The
dn't wait to see the dark calculation brewing in his eyes. I stumbled back, smoothing the front of my coat with hands I forced
re on my back. It wa
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