I'm an Alpha; I'm the goddamn top.

Zeno

"I'm sure you're aware of what I'm about to do to you." Nero grins at me as if he just hit the Jackpot.

I can't explain the tightening in my chest- it's either pure excitement or fear, but I can't comprehend which of the two it is.

The way he looks at me is out of the world experience. I've never met anyone whose eyes spoke more than their words. And although Nero does his best to be this unmovable, emotionless man, there's so much more to him than he's willing to admit.

It's not just how he looks at me but how he holds me and touches me. Everything about him brings me to the edge I didn't dream of getting near.

Sometimes I feel like my heart is numb, like it died a long time ago. But it's moments like these when Nero smiles at me or looks at me with that longing in his eyes. That's when I feel ready to sing out loud as if no one's listening.

Every time he does things like that, I have to remind myself we're stuck in a business deal, and nothing about us has to be real; we'r