"Since you"re so reluctant to forget that Alpha," Derek"s voice was a venomous hiss, "I"ll help you "forget"! If hypnosis won"t work, I"ll remove it physically! Doctor, cut that unsightly mark from her neck!" My eyes flew open in sheer terror. I scrambled backward, but the manacles held me fast. Two burly rogues pinned me down. The doctor, expressionless, opened his kit and withdrew a scalpel that gleamed coldly in the dim light. He stepped closer. The icy blade pressed against the skin of my neck, right over the faint silver mark that symbolized my soul-deep bond with Luke… No! No! It was our deepest connection! Proof that I was loved and that I loved! Ultimate fear and a fierce, protective instinct erupted within me like a volcano! The power shackled by the silver and iron manacles shatt
