S e l e n e
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Killian said he’d leave, but he didn’t. He left my room, but was still in the house. He didn’t know how well I had learned to listen.
Killian tried to trick me about some booty call, but the man was just waiting outside. He had walked away from the door, but I counted his quiet steps to know he was just outside. All I needed to do was poke my head out and he’d be there, staring back at me with those dark and dangerous pupils.
My heart stirred. I had played with fire and didn’t get burned, for once. Even so, my tongue tastes bitter. I had been riddled with jealousy. What for? He was Alpha Killian Thornov, leader of the most frightened pack in our continent. He had shed enough blood to form an ocean around the metropolitan city.
I tightened my grip on the blanket, unabl
