Goodbye My Alpha (Taya and Griffon)

"Well, it seems you're not useless after all."

Oh, thank the goddess.

Roman wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed me hard on the cheek. "Tell me, baby, what reward do you want?"

I swallowed down the bile rising in my throat.

With a calmness I didn't feel, I said, "Beta Starke, I don't need any reward other than you telling your men to leave Harper and Damian alone." Roman nodded, then immediately made a phone call to ask his men to withdraw.

Only then did I let out a full sigh of relief. I turned, picked up the drugged glass of wine, and handed it to Roman.

"Roman, would you like to have a drink with me?"

"Drink with you?"

***

isn't what he had expected

to her sense after

hair above her ear. "Have you changed your mind? Are you willing to let me touch you?" She bristled, and her body stiffened. "Beta Starke, I've already told

was going to give him whiplash, her demeanor shifted so

do you want

also trusted me, a mere human. At the very least, I should offer you a drink as a gesture of my gratitude." She should be grateful, Roman thought, her words having worked to fluff his ego

I'll have a

that her fingers were trembling. Narrowing his

falling just slightly too fast. But what

first." Roman handed the wineglass