The room was quie, empty and cold despite the fire crackling in the enormous stone fireplace across from where I sat.

I hugged my knees to my chest, the silk robe doing nothing to keep me warm. Or maybe it wasn't really cold at all.

Maybe it was just me, frozen from the inside out with fear and dread and the horrible certainty that any moment now, Alpha Tristan would walk through that door.

The driver had led me here, to this massive bedroom that looked more like a royal suite than a place ...