ELISA'S POV. “You don’t get to tell me to be careful, Alec," I bit out. "You already broke me once, and I lived through it. What exactly do you think you can do to me now? Lock me up again? Throw me out? I’ve already seen the worst you have to offer, and guess what, it doesn't scare me. It doesn't even impress me." His nostrils flared. The Alpha aura rolled heavily off of him, daring me to bow, to submit. But I stayed rooted where I stood, my fists clenched at my sides. If he called me in here believing that I would lay down for him the way I once did, he was terribly mistaking. I knew better now. “You’re speaking to your Alpha,” Alec growled angrily, his wolf flashing in his eyes, causing me to tense a little, but I forced myself to remain calm. “You’re not my anything,” I shot back,

