-ALEXANDER-
The door clicked shut behind me, leaving me alone in the silent hallway. My legs felt weak, my chest heaving, not from exertion, but from the brutal blow Lilian had just delivered.
Her words echoed in my mind: "You… you must… earn me."
"Earn… forgiveness. Earn… respect." "You will…wait."
Wait. The word was a torment. The bond, still a raging fire within me, screamed for release, for the sweet, agonizing relief only she could give. My body throbbed with a desperate need, mirroring hers, but amplified by my Alpha nature.
Every instinct, every primal urge, demanded I go back, force her, take what was mine. But her eyes, cold and unyielding, had stopped me. My little flower, my broken, little flower had set her terms. And for the first time, I felt a desperate, agonizing ne
