He caught her paw. "No need."
"Are you thinking about Nina again?"
Clara kissed him fiercely, guiding his hands to her curves. "I don't care! You're not allowed to think of anyone else. You owe me today, or I'll be heartbroken. You said you'd bind with me, that you'd never let me hurt, right?"
Her softness and insistence broke through. Alpha Ethan flipped her onto the bed, taking her again and again, Nina fading from his mind.
After that day, Alpha Ethan didn't go home or to the pack office. Clara's allure, her youthful beauty, kept him tangled in sheets, barely leaving the bed. Whenever Nina crossed his mind, Clara's charms erased her.
Clara claimed Nina's attack demanded compensation. So, when they weren't in bed, Alpha Ethan indulged her with shopping sprees and trips. For three da
