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“Don’t what?”

“Cheapen what happened by taking it back” She’d given hi her deny him once more would be a harsh blow to his already battered psyche

She smoothed back her hair with her hand and remained silent

Monster snatched up the sreedy child and held it close to his chest “Why don’t you take a seat while I shower and change?”

She gestured toward the door “Chase is waiting I should join her”

“Chase is under protection You don’t go wandering the club alone, you understand? Misunderstandings happen fast and I’d hate to have to crush a motherfucker’s skull over it”

Her jaw dropped

“You feel me?” he asked

“Y-yeah, I feel you”

“Good The rehtstand” He walked to his closet, grabbed a change of clothes and continued into the bathroom with more confidence than he felt The authority she responded to was an act She le to remember the dominant alpha , stares, and unveiled disgust froer he’d once been Every tiht to form a connection between hi invisible had becoood at For Symone, he’d make himself seen and heard There was no happiness in this life without pain and sacrifice A lesson he’d learned over the years It was a ht at the end of a dark tunnel He wouldn’t give her up without one hell of a fight

Clean and freshly clothed, he re-entered the room

Sye of the bed

A sood on?”

She juit”

He snickered “You ready to go out and le?”