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.

on the ground and

help of the sofa, trembling

know who frightened me

from my bag and took a few pills to calm my heart before

was finally outside of Nightshade, the cold wind

all. Like a statue, I

pulled

me, and said respectfully, "Ms. Palmer, Alpha Knight is looking

schooled

a hand and placed it on my elbow to stop me. "Ms. Palmer, you know Alpha Knight's

I thought, rolling my eyes. But...how could I offend

It

and got into the car obediently, surprised to see that Griffon was in the car. I'd thought Andre would

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

Alpha wolf versus