The silence Ace left behind wasn't peaceful; it was heavy, suffocating, and thick like the calm before the storm.
Rose sat frozen on the edge of the leather sofa, her chest heaving as she stared at the locked door. He had locked her in. He had treated her like an animal, a captive, a fragile piece of glass that would break at the first sign of trouble.
“A human mate is a death sentence in a pack war.” His , mocking voice replayed in her mind, sending a surge of fierce heat straight to her body.
But as the adrenaline of their argument began to fade, a different kind of heat took its place. It started deep beneath her chest a strange, pulsing pressure that rapidly radiated outward, flooding her veins with a sudden, scorching fever.
Rose gasped, pressing a trembling hand t
