“I want you in my bed every night." There was heat in his eyes, and it sparked desire in my own body, instant and unmistakable. He put me down on the bed and stood over me, his masculine presence filling the space between us. “You’re my mate, my alpha female. My equal.” "Am I?" I asked, propping myself up on my elbows. He c****d his head to the side, confused by the hard tone of my voice. "Of course you are." "Then prove it." I stood up and brushed past him, eyeing the room that was his and his alone, then turned back to face him. Something had been boiling up inside me, something I needed to say, and now that we were mated and home, there was no delaying it any longer. "From the time we met, there has always been an unequal power balance between us. First you were my kidnapper, and the

