Nate’s eyes held a fierce certainty, a vortex that pulled my heart into its depths. I blinked, the surprise in my gaze unfeigned, raw. A man like him, forged in the bloodiest battles to claim his throne, should’ve been hardened to every vile trick, every shade of cruelty. How could my suffering—my scars—pierce the armor of a Wolf King?
I didn’t delude myself into thinking a few days and two fervent nights in his arms could make him love me, could bind him to sacrifice everything. Yet this path, his fierce intent to shield me, was one I welcomed. As an Omega, I’d clawed through schemes and secrets, but Nate’s power as the apex of our kind could shift mountains with a single step. His favor was a devastating strike against even the mightiest Rose Pack families—no clan could defy the Wolf Ki
