Chapter 26
"If you think I would let you out of this room, then you are sorely mistaken, sweetheart."
Alycia stared up at Rowen, clutching the sheets to her body. Somehow, she had managed to get off the bed; as much as her body desired his every touch, she knew she couldn't let it cloud her thoughts.
She needed to leave. She needed to get the hell out of here, and even as her body clearly betrayed her at this moment, she took a few tentative steps away from him.
"I am NOT your mate!" She growled lowly, eyes blazing furiously at him. Oh, how she desperately wished this was just a mere dream, a hallucination, whatever. She couldn't possibly be mated to a Lycan, could she? She couldn't possibly be mated to the same creatures that had been nothing but red flags, bad news, and all sorts of
