DAMON’S POV
I did not expect it to affect me, the way she had formally called me alpha. I don’t even know what I was expecting her to call me in that moment. I guess I was just an alpha to her after I had rejected her and mate it clear that she had been a lapse in judgement. It didn’t matter anyway…that was the first lie that I told myself.
The second was believing I could simply relocate to another chamber and the matter would settle itself. It didn’t. The room I chose was larger. Warmer. The bed softer.
I did not sleep. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the way she had leaned back, not dramatically or fearfully but deliberately.
Do not.
The word had not been loud, but it had been final and intentional. I had rejected her first, publicly and privately. Strategically. It should have
