“Did you honestly think you could get away from me?” he snarled, looming over me. I turned to look at the other side of the couch—Alpha Elias was gone. Panic surged through me. Where had he gone? How could he just disappear like that?
“I… I…” I mumbled, unable to string a proper sentence together.
“You’re going to wish you were never born,” he growled, voice laced with venom. “If you thought things were bad before, just wait. Your life is about to become a living hell.”
My heart pounded violently in my chest, and sweat poured from my forehead. He reached down, clutching my shirt to haul me off the couch.
I flailed my arms and kicked wildly—and then my eyes flew open.
Alpha Elias was crouched beside me, his expression alarmed. He leapt back when I shot up from the couch.
“It’s alright
