ry
s, I traced the raised silver crest of the Twil
woven from rare moonlight silk, its frost-whi
ar sacred ceremonial white when bi
her seat, his voice dropping to a l
change right h
as wide as the armored SUV was, stripping down two
ay bulletproof privacy film, and t
t glinted in his amber ey
fer I close my ey
ontracts so highly, I'm sure you kno
eck, unzipped my black slip dress, and let the thin silk pool aroun
ades to fasten the dress, only to find a row of tiny, intricate pearl buttons runn
, the cushion dipped beside me, and a wall of scorch
d st
f my ear as his large, calloused hands brushed
pine, a jolt of raw electricity danced across my ribs, making
waistband where my crescent-moon birthmark was hidden, his thumb froze against my s
on
he swallowed hard, his Adam's apple bobbing o
the dark reflection of the glass that the gown fit my cu
g heat in my blood, I noticed the SUV slowing down at a red t
f a waiter wiping down the empty booth we had just left, picki
tantly turned back in
and threw herself into that exact booth, slamming her fists on the table with a twis
dark safety of our car, a wave of pure,
would never have been sitting across from me, and the Alpha King she was ruining her makeup
urged forward into the night, leaving the cafe and Do
ic dome of the Pack Registry rose over the city
face settle back into the cold, untouc
u ready
ce the second I sat
ide to a smooth stop at the base of the Registry's white marble
the stone first, Jaxson turned back and he
lifted the hem of my moonlight silk gown and ste
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