ste

me in the early hours of the morning, he smelled o

me towards the stairs without a word, as

but it cut through the silence

lear in his narrowed ey

t night," I said, my voice eerily

laugh. "What do you think?

elpless animal as an excuse to humiliate me in front of your parents. You calle

ble. "I'm not interested in discussing this again. I'm inspecting the

sal. He turned and walked up th

tion was a waste of brea

jeans. As the future Luna, accompanying the Alpha on ins

n was waiting by a black SUV, the Pack's d

ling beside me, leaving an arm'

y and out towards the mountains that b

ting. I stared out the window at the passing trees. Dorian h

couldn't do this anymore.

, breaking the silence. "About th

were dark, stormy gray, flas

t?" he asked,

ing into steel. "I think we should ta

t get t

ath it made Frank flinch and immediately steer onto the gravel shoulde

one unnaturally still, though a muscle jumped

t I wouldn't back down. "I said

t o

t a raised voice, which some

We were in the middle of nowhe

ed past me and opened the door, then withdrew his hand without touching

ugh the rearview mirror,

them collect her," Dorian said.

to let him order me twice. I stepped onto t

Dorian sa

hat coated my face and clothes. It sped down the highway

e wind whipping my hair across my face. T

e shock and hurt were gone, burned away by a pur

y without looking back, leaving me t