ont door behind her had a voice boomed in

s surprising her more was that he seemed to believe she should be hanging around just in case he needed to see her. She was certain he was confu

d healing. She would have gotten a cal

most din

y,

soon. You have about

change? And why did no o

w why you’re so against him. I never would have thought you’d have attracted an Alpha in a million yea

ated to someone I

snapped. “I want this alliance and you will not ruin th

ing this every time an unmated male came here. Yet it still managed to hurt each time. “H

im there is still a cha

you at all that this will make me miserable? I know

as a firm hand. You could do with the discipline. Mayb

the rumours, blinding himself to escape the guilt. But actually, he felt

a, but in that moment he wasn’t her father or her alpha. He was just a fucking asshole. “You know, for the firs

ur mother died before we knew you were latent. She w

her mother hadn’t of died, she wouldn’t be in this predicament with her wolf in the first place. “You

itch,” he gritted out as he

dn’t cower. “

cket, flanked by two of his warriors. As usual, he looked like he had just walked out of a photoshoot. A blond god, some of t

y person who had the ri

ny, I’m still her Alpha,

if you were to lay a hand on her.” He turned to It

ide Italia – growling, pacing, flexing her claws. But Italia kept the bars confining her wolf up, not allowing her wolf to break them down, despite how much it made her want to bawl o

igh. “Let’s go, everyone

e and curled her upper lip. His response was a smile. She got the feeling he liked seeing her riled up. Though she had

red the room. She had resisted the urge to growl. Although she was the Alpha’s daug

eedily while listening to Rayden answer all of Marcus’ questions about his pack and the times he had been challenged in the pack. Italia couldn’t help but roll her eyes as she saw ho

but there was something wrong with his eyes. There was so much ice there, coldness. No matter how wide his smile, it never

en much.” He whi

w could he expect her to h

we could go fo

at read ‘you’ve got to be kidding me’. Ignoring his c

effort to talk to me. I ca

n, wasn’t

our dad, we could both talk to him and try negoti

can’t tell me you wouldn’t like to get away from here for a while. You could see where you’re going to be l

e bit. And she would

In a few days I’ll be going

ing her, his hand slid round her neck; a gesture of ownership. Enraged, she wanted to jump to her feet and kick the chair from und

ut, he was trying to push her to snap. He wanted her to snap. Just so

d towards her, she turned to him. He sighed. “Italia, I think it really is t

lly overpower me and you have sharp teeth, just like I proved that I can deliver some seri

have arranged for the mating ceremony to take plac

ther you have selective hearing or you just don’t give a shit

“I’ve already

. I don’t acc

father

lly about? You do

rse I l

arcus you want, you can ge

don’t see your own worth, do you? I w

pack healer, you

her Alpha female, latent or not.” Ha, he didn’t even know the half of it. “As for your iron will… I have never met a person more stubborn that me. Which is ironic, because you’re supposed to be submissive. But don’t worry, Italia, I love a challenge. When we mate, submissive is everything that y

’re

nothing more than to please me in every way I want to be pleased. I won’t need to force you, either. You’ll crave

s for the entire twenty-four hours of each day until the mating ceremony would be monitored. If she was at home, one her dad’s enforcers ha

nd the arrangement with Cassian couldn’t come around