"Control is exactly what I intend to master," I said, my voice steady as I looked from Eloise back to Demetrius.
Demetrius didn't say another word, but the tight, suffocating hold of his Alpha aura finally began to recede, retreating back beneath his skin like a coiled spring. He cast one final, lingering look at the faint pink scratches on my arms before turning on his heel. Without a word to Athena or Eloise, he strode out of the clinic, the heavy wooden door clicking shut behind him with an echoing finality.
The moment he was gone, the room felt like it could finally breathe again.
"Well," Athena sighed, sliding into the chair Demetrius had just vacated and kicking her boots up on the edge of the examination table. "He’s going to be brooding for the next twelve hours minimum. I'd avo
