The Alpha's Mistress

ie

s," I announce, stri

t sounds like an exasperat

s a vast amount of land on which he harbours numerous succ

mmers in his

re, forced to listen to me read from four individua

t's tradition, and Onyx

rs, his obsidian gaze tracking

ad further down, grimacing at the descr

p looking

out a breath. "Angel's-forbid they be specific.

age as Onyx rubs his h

rating. There's so much power in this room, and it all belon

of being the Alph

s a dark brow until it disappears beneath the length of

t limp though...

e wider. "The

nd my hand. He takes ev

g her. Apparently she has excellent posture." I stra

eness, it seems. He insists he isn't picky, he

s as I continue to pace. "T

d polite," I tell him. Some people find value in such traits, although t

that is a

her fault she's been bred to be married

chastising the customs and traditions that go

ount of time not being ab

s ago with me in tow, no money to her name, wanting work. O

died, I took

t have to worry a

ection. "But it says here that

ke he doesn't believe m

where on the page it is printed. "Whoever wrote this

legs out in front of him

is tor

s form to the bottom before exam

firm enough that I actually oblige him. I

friendship wo

, dropping my arms, although I still clutch the papers. H

ating how quickly they will burn up the moment t

hese women," he says again. "Th

yone. Anyone. It's been two years since you became Alp

ls his

myself of how miserable it must be to be face

t aspect in particular. He doesn't need to. I can tell

he slumps in his chair, although still ca

and gone through this manor. None of

nd the fact that he's extremely well-built, with muscles that ar

his intensity, the quiet threat of

feel like to be someone

er is that I can value him as an Alpha,

nd. He's deliriously attractive, and even I'm not immune to it. He exudes raw sex appeal, and h

made an advance on me.

ed him sexually until these recent years. Since he became Alpha, h

wrong w

s wrong to fantasise sometimes, especially

nothing more than the fact that I can't have him

ointedly. "If I decide on anyone, it won't be based on

enough to flick his nos

our nose up at any women that isn't me." I ra

is eyes slig

me as much of a woman," I j

ver see me as a real girl. To him, I was just his friend,

a word. He just

arry a woman of noble birth. Or she must be so wealthy

o the side. "Or she

to know someone," I remind him, giving him a sa

delayed longer, and is different for everyone. We have both surpassed that, and although ther

y, I have dre

d out. "Here, gi

s then again

I can't look fo

m into the fire!" I prop my ha

g. "Great, so now I can't find

reach. He's so tall it would only take a single step for him to reach

on every occasion. Well

rs that will win a woman's heart." I fl

hat shrouds him, he still has hoards of adoring admirers who

is day I carry scars

a flat loo

said, Lexa Vale. On the shorter side, with black hai

" he say

at he can be so gentle, even when he's chastising

I chal

t them tomor

's late, and he's c

orms on his desk, falli

gh his slightly wavy hair. He's only a couple inches sh

made greater sacrifices for his Pack then marrying. But I nev

whole world is terrifi

." He chucks another log on the fire, watchi

rouchiness, I t

hey th

ack at me. "

alk through the manor doors. You've beaten people within

rved it,"

is more to him than people see, but no one can be bl

illed before,"

e, flexing his fingers. "Li

es of red and orange. The light flickers across the strong lines of the j

cing my gaze

why I hardly have friends an

e it picked up some heat from staring into the f

cts as though his mere presence isn't en

uck him round the head so hard he probably has never recov

tending to think. "I

he d

lashing a bit onto my hem and you had him

mm

up his tools and left them in the garden path, you fired him and told him he was lucky you didn't follow him home and burn his house

hrugs.

how people act, scolding staff who mistreat each other, keeping the laws tight so no one gets h

to me to risk fucking up and getting in trouble with

seated in his pockets which seems to c

the Pack and bleed them out until every last person vows to never b

that for no reas

going to be doing anything to anyone if I'm involved.

tect you." His

ross the desk. "Find a wife, protect

my hair. "Too bad. I'm go

he does that. It makes me feel like we are fifteen ag

leared up, otherwise he wou

g to sit and lose this game of cards." He picks up the stack fr

g me, but I'll

ting cross-legged, waiting for him to join