na's

gaze on Mason, the whole s

k he could pressure me into handing over the

sharply, already m

f when you've

voice sounded

dows, Kael ste

on moved aside, lowerin

, Kael towered over me as he

m his lips, drifting against my mask. "I d

dy figured o

trength, not like those rogue wolves

. "I paid for that

n the next second, his hand shot out a

onto the carpet w

's eyes when he saw me, but it faded ju

s reall

he. "You disappeared for a week, and this is what you do? Come here and compete with me

bruise. "You left the black card behind on purpose, trying to make me think you h

h certainty, I almost laugh

ng more than someon

d, my voice turning cold. "I earned the money on my own

aze darkened instantly. "How? Do

rack of the slap rang

back, while Kael's face turne

y daring to breathe. No one had eve

rned his head b

dragged his tongue across it. In an instant,

his wolf was abou

id, his voice dropping into something rough

he drove me back

me, thick and suffocating. Then

ck, breathing in sharply as if trying to

ssion twisted, anger flash

demanded through clenched teeth. "

as D

de his territory, and just moments

uld never mis

d at Kael, trying to create distance.

estraint. "Until that bond is properly ended, you're still my Luna! And

ead, clearly intending to overwr

ved made my s

I lifted my knee and drove it straight

e from Kael, and his

pped back quickly, wideni

ollar, my gaze turning cold. "I already gave back your Luna ring. I signed the R

e hall not far from us. "Y

Kael stiffened a

f the hallway, A

a champagne glass, looking almost unreal, like

n her face now was a

ace, mixed with a trace of p

shifted instantly, putting on a different expre

er arm around his and pressing close

ad toward me, those wide, gli

, letting out a dramatic gasp. "Oh my Go

aze impossible to miss. "Back then, you barely even spoke above a whisper, and you