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I heard the groan of wood under Adarasp and then a loud crack as the arer my himpered My eyes hen Ada across the rooainst the wall

I jumped out ofmy stomach Adam was pissed, and if I didn’t play what little cards I still held, I’d end up at the wrong end of his sharp teeth Werewolfback was just the touch it needed to go off the deep end Whilean opinion, Ada disobeyed by anyone--man or woman

Adam stood overinto wolf for me by the throat so that I could barely breathe Instead, he jerked ainst the wall, and leaned in so he towered overmuch," he bit out I kept my eyes to the floor and tried to capture the breath I’d lost The slaainst the wall didn’t hurt, olves are difficult to injure It was the pure essence of him that suffocated me My alpha was pissed, and that porapped around me and demanded submission

"I-I’m sorry," I stuttered "I didn’t mean any disrespect"

Adam lifted my chin so he could look intoon my face "You don’t have to be afraid of aerous as a kitten," He took a moment to think "It’s a new eaped, my mind too confused to form words

"I want you, Anna I’ve alanted you, but I knew I couldn’t have you I thought once you o, but seeing him with you, with his hands on your body…I wanted to rip his fucking head off I deserve you, Anna, and you deserve ether, our love would be so fierce they’d talk about it for generations" His hand cupped my face "I’m not a silly h rose-colored glasses I kno ugly the world we live in is, but I think…I know… that if I had you by liness in the world couldn’t penetrate me I don’t just want you--I need you" Adalanced over his shoulder and left the house, the front door sla

I slid down the wall, hugging my knees to my chest and replayed every word he said over and over His eyes were so frail that in that hts Not o his way He was vulnerable, so I never expected to associate with such a powerful ht

Three days passed The pack searched the ue olf and always came back without a trace Adam made himself scarce and wouldn’t even talk to s left hi, a leader, and that position didn’t include pouring your heart out to a female Especially when that female was the loolf on the totem pole I hat they called a mutt, a made olf instead of bred Girls likein my DNA that allowedlike the pack thought Despite my tainted blood, I was an equal

I spent ht when I was alone in my bedroom, I’d think about the two handso attracted to two men was hell on my brain Love didn’t play into the scenario I didn’t believe in love It caive ave in to Adam, I’d let myself down I may not want love, but I still wanted the man I ith to be with onlymy bed to hop into the one he shared with Eve Itabout it Still,serving of walking, talking sex appeal, and every time I was around him I craved his delectable body

I’m a horrible person Life would be so much easier if I could live on my own like before I became hairy If I took o back to noret about et out of the house I’d been crae place felt like a cardboard box I needed rooh my fur as I fled as far away fro out of lass doors in the kitchen With delicate hands, I unlocked the door and shut it quietly behindon my heated skin My wolf scratched at the surface My bones contorted and shifted as ed fores Once I was on four paws, I bolted from the deck and disappeared into the tree line I ran without purpose, stretching h e rocks, I pushed forward The wind ruffledthe heat that rose from my body I leapt over a downed tree and when I landed, so I yelped in pain and tried to pull free, but whatever had , I saw the bear trap fastened around ed when the pain intensified Blood seeped downover, I used th to pry theout and tried to stand, but the pressurethe support of a tree You’ve stepped in it this tiainst the tree, I took a mo only dense forest all around The trees were so thick that the diamond encrusted sky wasn’t visible I knew the area around our compound like the back ofI’d been running before the hunk ofI needed to move, I hopped froet ho up, I inspected the wound I healed at an exceptional rate, but it wasn’t an instant healing The wound was deep, and I could see bone through the flaps of skin It looked like rinder It’d take at least a week before the skin and bone healed back to norht now

With each hop, electric agony shot up ritted my teeth and continued reeak as I trudged on;slower than they already were For the healing process to begin, I needed sleep My body was shutting down, and no rew heavier by the second