Alpha's Caged Mate

them was more surprised. This walking monster was probably shocked th

lf in a way that she hadn’t since the night Layla died. Her chest fluttered again, and Ava would’ve been knocked off her feet if she weren’t already cowering on t

hen she was face-to-face with the huge, i

but Ava didn’t seem to have any more access to her than she had in the dungeon.

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a muttered, e

e male bared his teeth in a sadistic grin and st

s it?” He grabbed a glass from off of a nearby table and filled it with dark red wine. Crouching in front

, let up

re scarin’

ntly the show wasn’t funny anymore. Voices around the room be

re all drinkin’, you’re our host it’s rude if you don’t have a cuppa, too.” He darts forward, crowding her again wi

” she began sobbin

of this shitshow. Most of the partygoers looked to be on the girl’s side, so it wa

w much of a coward she was. She already knew, but she’d only just begun to realize just how much she’d already

n, Ava moved on quick and silent feet toward the

at the invisible bonds that kept her caged beneath Ava’s skin. She was certain that if the Wolf

forward, but the many signals coming from Mia were m

ng on the back of her neck told her that she’d been spotted, but it didn’t matter – in a matter of second’s she’d be in the clea

to

rang loud and clear all the same. Cut crystal cut into Ava’s white knuckled hold

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was exactly what Ava wanted to do, what she would have done in Mia’s place, but they both knew

on. Unexpectedly, the real world had crept into the middle of their bacchanalia, putting a damper on their depraved fun. Grimacing, Ava gripped the doorknob h

His already harsh tone to

e kept her eyes trained squarely on the floor in front of he

taking place throughout the rest of the event falling away, un

this interaction, but if she was forced to, she couldn’t ignore that beaten down part of her t

do anything wrong three years ago a

oor and the waitress being accosted across the room. Look at

she’d ever had under the shambles her life had become. The only thing that she had any say in taking back was her self-respect. She could

pent countless hours with growing up was gone. The male in his place was bigger, harder. His shoulders had been broad enough before, but they’d filled out, defined by layers of lean muscle. F

ad an iron clad ability to control his emotions since he was a child, but his eyes rarely lied. Not to her, not to someone who knew him so well, despite the time apart. She saw the hostility in

n. Xavier didn’t acknowledge it and neither did she. Instead, Xavier uncurled from h

ly, unnervingly familiar. A lock of pitch-black hair fell carelessly into his face, and he le

game. She knew he picked up on her every subtle defiance, but he didn’t show it on his fa

oice crept back in. He wasn’t happy about th

ckles rose, but not in any of the warnings she’d been plagued with all day. Wood ash and violets. The fragrance sudd

r scent, it was theirs. The careful reigns on his demeanor slipped as Xavier bared his teeth and snarled. His hands tore from his pockets

ody trembling at the reali