Aria's POV:
‘What was I thinking?’ The question echoed in my head so loudly it felt like it might split my skull open.
What kind of madness had possessed me to reject the offer of a man who could have killed me without blinking? A man who could have forced me to do his bidding with a single command, or a single flex of Alpha command, and no one would have questioned it.
Yet I, a slave girl who had been dragged here in chains, looked him in the eyes and said no.
My heart pounded painfully against my ribs as reality crashed down on me in waves. What kind of audacity did I think I had? What kind of courage, or stupidity had made me defy Alpha Draven Darkmoon in his own home?
Still… none of it made sense.
One moment, he wanted breeders whose sole purpose was to bear his children and be d
