Chapter 16. Introduction Party

While sitting there silently, it felt as if Sarah was waiting… waiting for him to finally glance at her. She claimed to hate staring into his eyes, yet the hairs on her arms stood anxiously without his gaze on her. The mate bond, as the wolves called it, made no exceptions despite her being human, and was clearly interfering more than the usual.

“You’ve been trained, have you not? Certainly my slave is not some untrained dog…?”

Sarah shifted, staring down at her clammy hands. Until now, had he ever addressed her as his slave? The wall between them was getting higher, thicker. It was only a matter of time before she became less than his dog. But would it matter? This was how it was supposed to begin, anyway… with her as insignificant as the dirt under his feet.

“Yes.” She answered softly.

“Then act like it.”

“Sorry.” She made the mistake of peeking at him and this time, she was met with a fierce, piercing glare. Her gaze darted immediately, head bowed. “