The Secret Alpha King's Unexpected Contract Mate

HAYE

e Cedar Creek Lodge burst

ing the small warmth from the fireplace. It felt like a beast's

mmered agai

is expensive black coat splattered with

oo

here the dark stain was spreading, seeping between his fingers. The scent of

. My fingers trembled, hovering over the si

looked

and sharp as shards of ice, filled with a

boots on snow echoed from outsi

ack of keys hanging on the wall behind

otion that defied his injury. His sheer size blotted out the dim lobby lights, and his sce

ound my wrist. A jolt, lik

a low, guttural rasp, laced with an au

e Alpha's

Though I had no idea who this man was, the primal power in his voice bypassed

nt a trembling finger dow

ody a furnace of heat and pain against mine. I could feel the unsteady

and pushed me inside my own room. He followe

uffocating, filled with his pr

side my door. I held my bre

" a gruff voice called out. "We'

, searing-hot torso. One arm snaked around my waist, locking me in pl

, his breath hot on my skin. Go

, the words a shocking command that de

in wen

er, more insistent. "O

n the dim light filtering through the thin curtains, I saw his face for the firs

He let out a loud, deliberate groan, pressing his b

d pathetic, but to the men outside, it must have sounded l

hallway. "Sorry

ated, fading into t

me. My legs gave way, and I slid down

nd in his abdomen weeping fresh blood. He ig

might kill me

was made of some kind of black metal, completely bare except

in front of me, and pressed the c

voice was still cold, bu

u can't handle," he said, his vo

he was at the window. He slid it open, and with a grace t

ed around the cold, black card. It seeme

to beat its way out of my

omething else entirely. It was the first time I had ever been that cl

nothing but swirling snow. It was

The wolf emblem... I was sure I'd se

mething ancient.