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ass handle of the suite door when a crystal gl

al

olute genetic compulsion-no lower-ranking wolf can physically resist it. My bare feet fused to th

sistance no ordinary Omega should possess. I clamped my back teeth together until my jaw ached, biting the inside of my cheek until th

s!" I refused to look back, my v

ery step, the air grew thinner, his shadow stretching o

heat of his body radiating through the thin

me you

ted my head over my shoulder, forcing my

g my chin. "Because you and I are never going to

d wrapped around the nape of my neck, his fingers pressing against the frantic pulse i

his voice dropping to a lethal rumble as his brea

father rotting in that sanatorium gave me a reckle

to do? Lock me in

fingers

n me and walking toward the window. "A

s snapped. I wrenched the heavy do

ns over my legs, tucked his oversized white shirt into the waistband, stepped into flat sneakers, twisted my tangled hair into a t

e hall and mashed the lobby button ten times,

head, pulling the edges of the men's shirt tight around

nto the blinding morning sun, throwing a ha

ear door open, shoved my suitcase onto the seat, th

" I gasped out, my chest he

the gas pedal, me

vanished. I slumped back against the seat, pulling my bruised k

t every breath I took was still filled with the crisp,

lock out the memory of his rough han

the Atlantic, I would lock last nig

al. I shoved a wad of crumpled bills through the partition without waiting for

nk and splashed freezing tap water over my face. Looking up at the

pered to my reflection. "Your father is w

ed my oversized black su

a dull ache radiating between my legs, a cruel physi

re straight and handed my passport and boarding pass to the security

eball cap lowered a camera lens and slipped into the crowd. My