alist fortress of black glass and reinforced steel, hidden dee

n the door. He was out and hauling me with him before the engine had even died. His grip on my

n the concrete. "My head is spinning. That... wha

was dim, the only light coming from the glowing amber of the dashboard. Silas looked like a man posse

fact that you survived it-that you channeled it-means the bond is moving fa

ough my heart was betraying me, thudding against my ribs in a frantic rhythm that matched his. "

e a breath apart. "It's a tether. It's the only thing that will stop the energy

ymore; it was branching like lightning, tracing the path of my veins in a beauti

ul," I whispe

"If I don't Mark you by midnight, the overflow will cause a seizure. Your human h

elevator. I should have fought, but the closer I was to him, the more the needles under my skin turned into a soft,

ark silk and shadows. Silas set me down on the edge of a bed that felt like a cl

worse," Silas said, stopping to look at the moon through the

trembling. "That sounds like a

his jacket, his movements heavy with a dark, inevitable intent. "But in ten min

my witty mind trying to find a footing even a

ecy, Elena,"

s the room, and the next, he was directly in front of me, his hands sliding

board is gone. Now, it's just the Alpha and his Anchor. T

ing hunger radiating off him. I looked up into those gold eyes

walk out that do

to reconsider or let my "terms" get in the way

to a year of questions I'd been too afraid to ask. I tasted the salt of sweat, the faint metallic

g him; I was trying to get to the heat. I needed the contact. Every inch of skin that touched his felt like it

outh, his hands sliding down

underwear between us and the raw power of his desire. He carried me the two steps to the bed and came

ainst the silk pillows as he buried his face

shoulder met my neck. "And then... then you'll never feel alone again. You'll hear me

s digging into the muscles o

it was almost blinding. He looked at the silver lightning branchin

t the wolf... he's been wai

en my thighs, I let out a sound I didn't recognize-a high, desperate whimper that made Silas growl in response. The "Moon-He

r, he guided himself against me, the friction sending jolts of electricity thr

, Elena," h

vision blurred by tea

a register that made the very air vibrate. "You are the

e was only the sensation of being filled, of being claimed, and the

s. The silver and gold collided, swirling together until my entire body felt like it was made of stars. The pain o

ld he

mind. A deep, steady thrum

d back, the word ech

e'd just placed on my soul. The boardroom, the traitors, and the "Terms" didn't matter anymore. In th

e Alpha and his M