Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father

Chapter 71

Chapter 71

Brooklyn

When I see the slip of paper in Aden's palm, my heart nearly thumps out of my chest. Shit. Shit.

It's the folded note that Jayde gave me.

The one I was supposed to give to Lennox, with the cryptic poem inside.

It's been opened-clearly, Aden has read it—but it still has the tape on it, the same I used to stick it to the back of the desk.

Seized with fear, I raise my eyes from Aden's hand to his face. I don't say a word and steel every bit of my wolf Lena's strength to hold steady.

In response, Aden roars. It's terrifying, the sound that escapes him. Wild and menacing, his wolf coming through loud and clear even in his human form.

I cower now, terror and a force much stronger overpowering me. Something I can't explain.

It must be the Alpha power he has.

Aden grabs my arm, pulling me up out of my chair and along with him back into the house. He's angry, of course, but his grip doesn't hurt me.

Not yet.

"Dad!" Hudson calls after him, coming into the house. "Stop! What did she "

Aden turns to look at his son. "You stay here."

in his tracks, seeing

"Dad, let her go. Don't do

can't keep your she-wolf in line," Aden says, his voice

that, he again storms forward, dragging me behind him across

cold when

door in the corner. The one that leads to the

back, digging my heels

so that I lose my balance and have to stumble

through the

little dim

I realize where he's taking me. Aden only checks

door-seen Aden, his belt in

I beg, my voice frantic, terror snaking through every limb in my

Aden says, pulling me into the room and tossing me so that I stumble the last few steps and stop myself against a metal table across the far wall. If I were human, I likely would have broken a rib when my chest hits the metal.

his eyes is feral, and can practically see his wolf rippling beneath

in response to the raw, animalistic gleam in his eyes, and I feel

almost all-consuming, and my core

to my

moves to the other side of the table. His hose twitches, and I know he can scent what is happening to my body. His jaw clenches as if

the waist, my

tight around my right wrist, attaching me firmly to the metal table. Then, he looks at me.

to be complicit in my own torture.

"This will be much easier if you obey

as straight as I can, curling my other arm behind my back.

my head, Lena bows down and shows her belly in deference. She is ready to do what he says, to give him what he wants. Because all she wants is him, his wolf. To fulfill our

But not me.

to know that Aden Kenwood is going to be cruel no matter what he does-it's in his blood. Get