Aurora fingers fidgeted nervously as she replayed Marcus’s words in her mind. "Was that a threat or a love confession?" she wondered, her lips curling into a small smile she couldn’t quite suppress.
Determined to match his earlier dismissiveness, she straightened her shoulders and strode out of his suite, the sound of her bare feet on the marble floor echoing softly.
Just before she rounded the corner, she allowed herself a quiet giggle, then a low, breathy squeal.
She was nearly skipping as she whispered to herself, “He f*****g kissed me. Alpha Marcus kissed me.”
Her cheeks were flushed, and she pressed a hand to her chest, her heart thundering in excitement.
The man she thought was unreachable had just declared, in his own dominant, twisted way, that she was his. She barely notice
