Goodbye My Alpha (Taya and Griffon)

chapter23

I shook with anger.

How dare he threaten Harper in such a way. She had no involvement in any of this. But there was no way I was going to risk any harm coming to her. Not when I wasn't long for this world anyway.

Once I was dead, this would all be over and Harper would be safe.

I gritted my teeth. "Don't worry."

Only then did Roman let go of me.

A hint of regret colored his voice, his fingers tightening on my chin as he stared at me. "I really wanted to fuck you. But now..." The points of his claws came out, and he licked one of his canines, leering at me. "For now, let's just focus on you securing the Westen City project for my pack. I want that more than I want to fuck you right now. After you've gotten the project for me, we can focus on our relationship..."

I swallowed hard, trying not to flinch at his grip on my jaw.

He leaned forward to kiss me-hard-and then abruptly let go of my face, turning to leave.

lay on the ground and

the help of the

who frightened

hands, I dug the medicine from my bag and took a few pills to calm my heart before struggling to

finally outside of Nightshade, the cold wind whipped through my

didn't feel cold at all. Like a statue, I walked home step by

pulled up, blocking my

up to me, and said respectfully, "Ms. Palmer,

face schooled

out a hand and placed it on my elbow to stop me. "Ms. Palmer, you know Alpha Knight's temper. He's not someone you can afford to

But...how could I offend the powerful and influential Griffon as a

what would happen if I didn't listen to him. It would probably be even more difficult to deal with

into the car obediently, surprised to see that Griffon was in the car.

between us right now almost made me giggle. This whole situation was

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