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.

I lay on the ground and breathed

stood up slowly with the help of the sofa,

frightened me

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

outside of Nightshade, the cold

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

pulled up, blocking

the car, walked up to me, and said respectfully,

keeping my face schooled as if

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

But...how could I offend the powerful and

It would probably be even more difficult to deal with

to see that Griffon was

now almost made me giggle. This whole situation was

Alpha wolf versus the