The Silent Billionaire Alpha

the crevice at the bottom of the door, the chilly night air with a hint of jasmine and urban grime drifted. The burden of

it flower shop inside. As she went, her small bursts of life, daisies, peonies, and roses, seemed to watch. But no matt

brain. There were bills piling up on the counter at home, and if she didn't find the money to fix her inheritance a dilapidated V

buildings, and the streetlights threw faint halos onto the broken pavement. Her uneasiness began as a prickling sensati

"Probably nothing," she whispered as she pushed herself to continue moving. But

ted but for the faint rustle of leaves and a flickering streetlamp. The

ic. The feeling of being watched, however, intensified. Her gaze darted to eve

skin and didn't go away. She swearing she saw a figure vanish into the alley behind her shop, she looked into the rearview m

waited for something or someone to appear, gazing at the shop's darkened windows instead of driving

" But even as she drove home, she couldn't get rid of the sensation that so

to retrieve a forgotten ledger, she had merely parked in the tiny lot behind her store. Her

arsh, authoritative ma

red, moving with ease yet purpose. The attire they wore was black and unremarkable, blending in

oice. She stepped back, analyzing her surroundings swiftly, her mind racing. No one was

rled into a sly smirk. His magnetic presence bordered on

slap. She stated, "You've got the wrong person," in a f

You have been hiding here, acting like you're not. Of all things, selling flo

at kind of fantasy you're following. Now, if it's okay with you, I'm going out.

kly. You don't have to perform. Our goal i

ically tried to think of a way out. I believe you have made a mistake. "I'm not who you t

a slender blade that shone in the dim light. "Enough

her to flee. She felt a rush of adrenaline, and her finge

ou've chosen the wrong woman. I

chuckle from the leader. "

brandishing the sword approached. For a moment, the world appeared to slow down as her vision becam

oden board that was leaned against the structure, swinging it as hard as she could. The alley reverberated wit

place of the leader's smile. "You j

ounded as she fought against his hold as his palm clamped around her wrist like a vice. As t

darkness just as she was ready to lose it. The hunters froze, the sparks bri

had gained a moment from whatever had just transpired. She spun around

closed in. Tessa's coat scraped across the cold brick wall when her back struck it. She br

arled, his sword glinting in the dim light o

xplode from the intensity of its beating. "I told you that I'm not

the shorter hunter laughing. "Remain c

feel the slight vibration in her bones as the air around her appeared to throb. The feeling was odd,

we know exactly what we're doing." "This t

nguish between the two. Her hands at her sides, balled into fists, started to tingle. A feeling of w

," in a low, tremulous voice th

directly at her heart, he lunged. Tessa didn't conside

ng straight overhead. The hunters were knocked off their feet by the force of it and sprawled across the sidewalk.

ith light strands moving along them like flames. The adrenaline pumping thro

ky voice, one of the hunters stumbl

e whisper. The leader's look halted her in he

as he growled, "This isn't ov

Tessa alone in the eerie alley solitude. The warmth left her pal

set in. Although the ground felt stable beneath her, everything in her universe had changed. Her l

rd. She spotted them when her head snapped up two hunters who had not run away with

ice faltered with doubt. The other person nodded while holdin

up the weird power once more. She couldn't even stand as her body begged her to flee. She had no

halted, their gazes flitting to the noise's origin. With its eyes shining with a hungry glare and its fur bri

and breathed. The wolf's snarl intensified, and it fl

ze of strength and rage. It knocked the man to the ground with the force of a freight train. The man l

erted alley. There was no wolf to pursue him. As though daring him to move, it stood over the dead