**Zara/Reika**
I furrowed my brows, silence echoed in my ears and pressed down on my chest like a boulder.
The air was heavy, carrying the faint scent of cedar and musk that clung to every inch of where I lay. It was unfamiliar yet familiar. My lashes fluttered open, and the first thing I saw was the unfamiliar stretch of the ceiling above me. My stomach dropped.
Where the hell was I?
This wasn’t my room.
I pushed myself up slowly, the sheets slipping off my skin, and then I froze. The dark, commanding scent that clung to the pillows, to the very air, told me exactly whose room it was.
That insufferable Alpha!
“Argh,”I gasped, throwing my head back against the pillow.
My head throbbed like a drumbeat, every pulse behind my temples made me wince. I pressed my fingers against my f
