The Deal

Alpha Ryder couldn’t sleep. He couldn’t wink an eye not because the girl disturbed him. Over the last two days, he had become so used to making her sleep near his chest and wrapping his arms and legs around her that tonight when she was sleeping without a care in the world, he was edgy. He reasoned that it wasn’t him who wanted to go near her and blamed it all on his wolf, Gray, who craved to pull her next to him. Ryder closed his eyes to divert his attention. He recalled how he first met his lover, Elara, but merely three seconds later, his mind was full of Lyle. 

The curves of her body, her parted lips—it made him, no, it made his wolf pine for her. But Alpha Ryder didn’t repeat the mistake of pulling her to him, for this time who knew that the girl would plunge the dagger in his heart. For the entire night, he continued to lie beside her or watch her sleep with his hand propped up on his elbow. He