Chapter 3

At first there had been a long train ride, then it had been necessary to walk, for a long time, under an unpleasant weather.

Eden had plenty of time to think about what to say.

"Ivan must listen to me," she repeated to herself with a determination. He never replied to my letters, but here he cannot refuse to help me, not if I am in front of him.

It had been three months since he had made love to her in the barn and she felt his heart beating against her.

Now there was apprehension in the young omega's heart, bitterness and anger, directed as much against herself than against her deceiver.

And there was also, in all her body, an immense weariness.

She had believed his fine words so easily.

She so desperately needed to be loved, to find an alpha who could take care of her and prove to her that not all alphas were like her father, that when he appeared before her, she surrendered and gave herself to this man, this debauchee, probably skilled at seduci