Then I felt a warm hand slip into mine, fingers intertwining with my own.

“Hey,” Alexander said softly. “You okay?”

I opened my eyes slowly. Alexander was crouched beside my chair still devastatingly handsome even after hours of political schmoozing. His tie was loosened slightly, and a few strands of fed hair had fallen across his forehead.

But it was the look in his green eyes that made my breath catch. Gentle and concerned and something strikingly tender.

The mate bond surged between us without warning, flooding me with all kinds of dangerous emotions that felt too big for my body. In my half–asleep state, with my defenses down and my heart open, I didn’t think about contracts or politics or fake relationships.

I just acted on instinct.

I reached up and pulled Alexander’s face down to mine, kissing him with all the passion and longing I’d been trying to hide for months. He made a surprised sound against my lips but didn’t pull away. Instead, his free hand came up to `cup my face as he kissed me back just as fiercely.

For a moment, the rest of the world disappeared. There was only Alexander and me and the electric current of our bond sparking

between us.

Only the taste of him on my tongue and the feeling of taking exactly what I wanted in that moment.

L

Sophia

watched from across the room as Alex kissed Ella with

made her want to be fucking


in

that their relationship was just for show. That Alexander was only playing his part for the cameras and the voters.

nothing fake or temporary about that kiss

sides as she watched the disgusting display.

realization was a slap to the face, and for a moment Sophia cold barely breathe. Alexander was never coming back to her. He was going to be Alpha King with Ella as his Luna Queen, and they were going to have their perfect little

Unless…

dangerous, desperate idea that could

near the bar, nursing what looked like his third whiskey of the evening. The Beta looked as miserable as she felt, probably for similar

Perfect.

her shoulders and made her way across the room, her red

“Sophia.”

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