My beast is raging within me, desperate to get to Alice. It needs to claim her, to mark her, to make sure that ghost from her past no longer reigns in her heart. The voice of reason inside my head is fading. When I find myself outside Alice’s office building, I feel a hint of hesitation, but I crush it. “There is only one man that Alice has ever loved, and that is her deceased husband.” “She has no interest in you.” I make my way inside. I don’t know if Katherine will tell her friend about my ultimatum, but I’ll make sure she knows. What am I doing? My claws dig into my palms. I need to find out. Did she ever care? Was our bond so weak that she fell into another man’s arms with such ease? She slept in his bed. She gave birth to his child. While I suffered these past seven years, mi

