I pushed harder, forcing my body to outrun the night air. My lungs burned and my ribs screamed with each gulp of air, but I didn’t dare slow down. If I stopped, even for a heartbeat, I knew the Alpha’s men would catch me again.
I tried. God, I tried to run faster but I was unlucky because just as I ran out of the alleyway, out of the blue I came in contact with something solid. The impact knocked the air out of me and sent me stumbling backward with a gasp that scraped raw against my throat. My trembling hands shot out to steady myself against the wall, but when I looked up…
My heart dropped.
It was the Alpha himself.
I staggered back a step, but it made no difference. His cold green eyes were on me. His eyes held nothing human, no spark of mercy, just the cold certainty of a predator
