lyn

lexander estate, and the air was suffocating. It was thick with the scent of old wood, beeswax, and the weight of centuries

th hawk-like intensity. Their gazes kept drifting to my fla

n's uncle, said, his voice a gravelly pronouncement. "It has been four

eful flush crept up my neck. I kept my expres

taken care of," he said, his tone dismissive, as if discussing a quarterl

the Elders filed out, Kaden st

e low and cold. "Make her understand that dr

esignated for the Alpha and Luna, a place that had never felt

addendum's execution documents. It's legally airtight. It wa

on our union, he had already forged my cage. He had never intended for this to be

entered, his face etched with a discomfort t

egan, "Kaden

you to remind me of my place. To tell me I'm nothing but a broodmare in a g

unned by my bluntness. He took off his glasses and polished the

t," he said carefully, "ar

the first time he had spoken as a man, not as Kaden's m

ising to my feet and walking toward him. "But you are also a graduate of Harv

to meet mine. "I am simply exe

g," I pressed, standing directly in front of him. "It is a cage, Mr. Stone. You can tell Kaden that. Bu

at me, and I saw a flicker of something new: respect. The man who had entered t

I will relay your message, Luna." He turned

med pack warriors patrolled the manicured lawns. Thi

locked. The emotiona

pressure point that would hurt him enough to for

: Bianca Black, her face a

, I would go after what he protected most fiercely. Her. Her family. Eve

fully formed the plan. I pulled up Mr. Davis'

jects that have intersected with the Alexander Group in the last two years. I want to kn

screen, watching the messag

, hard contracts, then I would learn the gam