hell, J

tilted. Jaxson lunged forward, his shoulder slam

n! You arrogant, ov

y in the air. The guards didn't dare look at us, their heads bo

the lead SUV, the locks clicking

zzed in my pocket; once, twice, five times. I di

waiting for me

ut me. I barely answered hi

ll looked annoyingly the same. We used to train as kids, I'd peep Jaxs

led me inside. He slammed the door a

voice shaking with rage,

scorted' to the border." Jaxson int

ze. "

said, stepping closer to me. "I've already signed the papers, Ava. If you walk out that

sentence for people as old as my parents. They w

ered. " They're your fa

e to stay. Agree to be my luna. And they stay. Defy me

zzed again

flared, his wolf picking up a scent that didn't belong to the

e it

ening as he read the string

babe, you

g to get worr

. Can't wait for

he phone tightened until the screen began to crack. He looked at the na

Liam?" he

iam like it was a bug. He wa

n," I said, my voice as s

the rage. He tossed the phone onto the heavy mahogany desk between

ned back against the desk, crossing his arms over his broad chest. "You've been playing house with a h

you ever did," I snapped

o the desk. He didn't pull me close. He just he

this-" he gestured with his hands, and the marks of his territory outside "-this is reality. You

if I r

smell the cold scent of winter on his skin, "I'll make sure your little human friend loses every

boy who teased me in the hallways. This was a man w

monster," I

rt as if we were discussing the weather. "My mother has left clothes for you in the Alpha suite.

door, unlocking it

, my heart aching as the phone b

hering to look back. "Block him. Or I'll

n-not as a gesture of freedom, but as

mb hovered over Liam's latest

em back. I didn't block Liam. I turned t

ife, and honestly, I always tho