The door clicked shut behind me, and I sagged against it like my legs had forgotten how to work.
What the hell just happened?
My fingers drifted to my lips—still tingling and burning from how close his mouth had been. Another second. Maybe less. That’s all it would have taken for Alpha Zane to kiss me.
And I would have let him.
Goddess, I would have let him.
The realization made my stomach twist in shame. This man had forced me into a bond for a reason I never wanted. Marked me like property. Made it crystal clear that I was nothing more than a vessel for his heir.
And yet the moment he’d pinned me against that wall, the moment his breath had ghosted across my lips, I’d melted like I was made of wax.
Pathetic, I thought viciously. I am absolutely pathetic.
What did that make me? So
