Chapter 30

The tight leash he had on his control was precariously thin, the last threads barely holding back the tempest fighting to break free.

Pacing the length of the garage, he fought with everything he had within him to subdue how wild and tumultuous he felt.

Because if he couldn’t, he knew he was on the verge of doing something he’d regret.

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Livia woke up all at once. There was no ease, no fluttering of eyelashes, no remnants of dreams clinging to her as she opened her eyes. Moonlight streamed through the curtains, spilling across the comforter as she sat up and placed a hand to her chest, right over her heart.

The keen sense of being trapped, of feeling like her skin was barely enough to contain her, had her slipping from the covers to sit on the edge of the bed while she blinked the sleep from her eyes and gathered her bearings.

Alpha Rhye. Her alpha.

It was an instantaneous knowing.

Since the night she learned who and what she was, the con