Maximus's POV
Maximus.
I haven't heard anyone say my name out loud since my mother died.
I should have been mad. This woman has done nothing but get on my nerves—challenge me.
Not even my Beta can take up my name on his lips. But this woman, she has done several things that others would have been dead if they tried.
The only thing stopping me from killing her was because I knew she was special and there was this fire in her I haven't seen in any woman.
It wasn't false bravery like the other women. It was like she had nothing to lose so she might as well face me head on.
“You're playing with fire Emilia,"
"I've been burnt before, it's nothing,” she said, eyes staring straight into mine.
"Burnt and came out unscratched and called it luck.” I said and something flashed in her eye
