Aria's POV
It was the biggest shock of my life.
Seeing Jasper standing right in front of me was a terrible shock I couldn't withstand.
I had escaped from my kidnappers last month confident of my victory, confident that I had finally set my life back on track. My victory hadn't come cheaply, but my secret was more important than anything. I spent months suffering after that wicked old woman thought it was cute to sell me off for a few dollars. I wasn't going back to such a life, never! I knew I should be ecstatic.
But I wasn't. My mood was restless. That night I could not sleep. Reading did not help. I kept seeing him as I'd last seen him in the Alpha's Suite, his face handsome even when enraged, his body with its sheen of sweat as carefully and perfectly sculpted as a Michelangelo stat
