ALESSANDRA I could not believe that I had done that in front of him. The nightmares were an on-and-off thing. They had been much more frequent when I was younger, but now that I had grown up, they were rare. So why did they have to return the first night I spent with Daxton Vale? He had not only watched me cry but he had consoled me. I never wanted anyone to see me like that, least of all the very man I was supposed to hate. And then there was the s*x. It had been like no other kind of s*x I had experienced. The man had set my body on fire in a way that it had never been before. It was this scorching kind of burn that left me feeling flustered and so alive. The plan was never to f**k him, but my wolf, she was so drawn to him now. The mating bond had connected us firmly to each other.

