SOLANA
Roman went utterly, terrifyingly still. My goodness, he was barely breathing. And for a single second, the entire room felt like it bowed to the violent surge of alpha aura pouring off him.
Oh goddess.
His hands grabbed my hips with such desperate force that a gasp tore from my throat. I wasn't afraid because I knew that this... this was the Roman who lived beneath the cold walls of his heart.
He was untamed. Mine.
"Don't—" I started.
It was too late.
He flipped us, surprisingly still gentle.
My back hit the bed, the sheets rippling beneath me as Roman hovered over my body. His chest rose and fell in heaves, his jaw clenched so tightly I could see a vein pulsing in his neck.
"Don't say things like that," he growled, his voice ragged. "Not when I'm already this close to losi
