Chapter 85

Alaric’s POV

‘Something tells me you mean to break her, too.’

Those were the exact words Clarissa had said to me a few days ago in Vegas. And those were the most untrue words I had ever heard in all my thirty-four years of being on this earth.

Maybe initially—yes. I wanted to ruin her and her sister. But that was before I got to know her. That was way before I got to feel her.

My intention wasn’t to break Meadow. It was to let her break me.

Last night’s events had been replaying like a fucking video in my mind. The way she had come apart around my cock, the way she trembled beneath my touch…

It was all too much. And I almost didn’t sleep in the room with her. I almost walked out of the room when she was fast asleep, but I didn’t.

I couldn’t walk away from her and give her another reason not to trust me when that was all I wanted from her—her trust. So I stayed, and I allowed myself to be consumed by her scent, her warmth, he