a's

k border when my phone rang.

iety. "I just heard Donna tormented

y throat. "Eva... I

ha

see you.

self, so I decided to go to Eva

ved, the sky had gone completely dark. I had run three kilometers; my lungs burne

d the stren

. "Fuck, you look like you've been run

ears poured down

mon in bed w

her jaw nearly hitting the

s, sharp enough to cut. "That bi

g. "That shameless bastard! You're his mate! He took y

sing. Her eyes darkened,

you rushed out to save me, right?" Her voice faded. "You were taken by those rogue wolve

appened to me. Those rogue wolves did catch me, but they didn

why wo

Or maybe he just needed an excuse not to touch me. Now I know the

this. You've let people misunderstand you for years, just to protect

ce turned cold. "He said I was nothing, an

, for the past seven years, Damon has kept you from

a deep

take back

the end she only said, "You s

Damon put the documents in front of me and said they were routine pr

original holder can prove they have the ability to manage the hote

Omega." Eva's vo

't trust an Omega. I have to pro

"The best hotel group on the West Coast. They opened an execut

l." I repeat

owner of Weston Hotel had been my father

p for me,

the spot and waved both hands in the

om the first day I met you. Every time you wal

ork. He said a Luna didn't need to work. Donna said going out to work would disgrace the Bla

down on the sofa and looked at me. "Aria, I

hesi

na marked by Damon. You have no job, no assets, no children, and you signed a property transfer agreemen

idently, "because he thinks my Omega status isn't a m

keeps making things difficult for

ard it had been for Eva to

y. I will p

you too," Ev

phone and was ju

hone

e as if she had b

l the way to the

rough the speaker. "E

as cold as ice, cold enough

to voicemail, and she doesn't have another friend in the Blackmoon

Her eyes were askin

llow you to take her away." E

a public figure. Your agency has a partnership with the Blackmoon Pack. Your next film, the investors are my people. Your Oscar no

and Aria over, I guarantee you won't be able to s

ent Aria, I'd rather destroy my

enly. "Let her come home. I'll explain this to

ve

up th

ad still been buried in

r. She knew that in this pack-centered world, no matter how rich

she said through gritted teeth.

" I gently hugged her. "Y

th know what you'll face

your career. You fought for ten years to get where you are

lders shoo

of scaring her. "But I won't stay long. I'll find a way to leave him. Truly leave. Ronan Thorne isn't my only hope. There is al

st in despair,

romi

ear

swe

s slowly

illed with anger and heartache. "Remember that. You're ten thousan

a. The night wind was cold

ve had already died completely. He simply wanted to assert his possessiveness as a male. A Luna he had marked, even if she was barren,

uld

nly f

to Ronan, I would