~Hazel~

The satisfaction that I derived from my meeting with the wolfless creature still rippled across my chest as I walked through the hallways to Lucian's private quarters. She had been so chastened, so defeated, as she should be. Now it was a matter of reminding the Alpha what he would be giving up in favoring me over that worthless trash wallowing in his dungeons.

I didn't knock when I reached his door—no, not after everything we had shared together, both of us, for so long before she ...