Violet's pov

I sunk my teeth deep into the hand that clasped my mouth.

"Arrrg..." The huge figure hovering over me groaned in pain.

I blinked my eyes steadily, eventually meeting the gold eyes that stared right back at me.

His gold eyes darkened with something unreadable.

Fury and lust.

My eyes widened in alarm, and I cringed in fright, waiting for Alpha Xaden's hand to clamp down on me.

Instead, he patted my hair down, and used his knuckles to straighten the lines across my face.

"You ...