Amber
Rayne’s hands flexed and unflexed at his sides like he was barely leashing a monster inside him.
The tension crackled between us, thick and ugly. I knew he could overpower me physically if he wanted to. He was stronger, bigger, an Alpha in his prime. But there was no force on earth that could make me willingly hand Evalie over to him.
We glared at each other, the silence blistering.
"You think you’re doing her a favor?" Rayne said, his voice dipping low and cruel. "Keeping her from her own blood? You’re screwing her up more than you know."
I flinched, but didn’t move. "Better than letting her near a man who almost ruined her mother’s life," I retorted harshly.
Rayne’s face darkened.
"She deserves to know who I am," he growled. "She deserves a father."
"You forfeited that right the moment you abandoned me," I fired.
"You think you can just erase me?" He snarled, his voice vibrating with rage. "Pretend I don't exist? Pretend she doesn’t deserve to know her real father?"
I stared hi
