a P
al, surfing through the channels, when a newscaster's voice suddenly
the sentence, Theo aggressively jabb
ck. "Um... you don't
hout missing a beat. "That Corbet
rip tightening on the stee
inger at his own face. "Mom, I've seen h
ection was so painfully obvious that even
t the Alpha King from snatching you away back to his territory one da
at Alpha Solomon ever wants to claim me, he
o smart? The pressure of rais
d laughter. "Hahaha
losing that sharp edge. "You don't need
to look at him, my hands were actually trembling on
e seriousness. "I only want to stay by your side.
, a lump forming in my throat. "You li
ncle Ian taught me. He said if I coaxed you like t
ng out a deafening honk. That son of a bi
park. Ian took Theo's hand to go buy the tickets, leaving me standing alone
n the back of my neck stand up. A suffocating, all-too-familiar
a instincts screaming at m
d. Just as it passed behind me, I heard the sharp screech o
hantom pain throbbing in my chest where the rejection had pe
eel a pair of piercing, dominant eyes staring out at the exact spot I was standing. Panic surged through my
gh to confirm anything. A tense, agonizing moment later, the Maybach's engine
d been five years since Silvergate, five years since he shattered my soul.
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