ログインChapter 140Hazel POVThe heavy silence that followed my cheeky, breathless question hung in the warm air of the bedroom for a few quiet heartbeats. I lay there beneath him, blinking up at his sharp, aristocratic face, waiting to see if I had finally managed to stump the most ruthless Alpha King in the entire territory.Creed didn't look offended. In fact, a low, rumbling laugh vibrated deep inside his chest, shaking his broad shoulders against mine. He slowly lifted his head, resting his chin on his hand as he looked down at me with pure, unadulterated amusement dancing in his golden eyes.His gaze traced the flushed, sweat-slicked contours of my skin before meeting my eyes with a predatory, affectionate warmth.He traced a slow, deliberate finger down the curve of my cheek, his thumb brushing lightly across my lower lip.While your body is undeniably elite, little one, Creed purred smoothly, his voice a deep, gravelly caress that made my stomach flip over, I am far more obsessed wit
Chapter 139Hazel POVThe cold air of the bedroom suddenly felt a hundred degrees colder as the true weight of Creed's words settled over us. My heart gave a heavy, nervous thud against my ribs, and the lingering warmth from his touch evaporated, leaving me sitting upright with the duvet clutched tightly to my bare chest.A twin brother. A ghost from a black-site military prison who had not only infiltrated the most secure medical vault in our territory but had stood in front of me with a bloody, unhinged smile, wreaking total havoc.I swallowed hard, trying to force down the dry lump in my throat, and looked up at the ruthless Alpha King sitting beside me on the mattress. His jaw was locked so tight a muscle ticked continuously in his cheek, and his golden eyes were fixed on the silver tablet in his hand as if he were trying to burn a hole straight through the screen.Creed, I started, my voice sounding small and fragile even to my own ears. What are we actually dealing with here? Te
Chapter 138Hazel POVThe morning sunlight filtered softly through the heavy, floor-to-ceiling blackout drapes of Creed’s master suite, casting a warm, golden hue across the expansive room. The heavy scent of eucalyptus and sandalwood still lingered faintly in the air, wrapping around me like a comforting blanket.I blinked sluggishly, my eyelids feeling heavy as I stirred against the soft, high-thread-count pillows. For a few quiet seconds, I just lay there, listening to the steady, rhythmic hum of the estate's climate control and feeling the strange, unfamiliar absence of pain in my chest. The searing, suffocating burn of the wolfsbane poison was entirely gone, replaced by a deep, restful warmth that felt entirely foreign after days of chaos, gunfire, and blood.I pushed myself up slowly into a sitting position, pulling the thick cashmere duvet up to my chest. I looked around the massive, impeccably organized bedroom, taking in the dark wood furniture, the minimalist decor, and the
Chapter 137Hazel POVThe air in the master suite had grown thick, heavy, and completely saturated with the musky, intoxicating scent of our arousal. The friction of straddling his lap was driving me completely out of my mind. Every breath I took felt like pure fire, and the frantic, erratic beating of my heart echoed loudly in my ears, drowning out every single rational thought I had left in my brain.Creed’s hands gripped my hips with an ironclad, possessive grip, holding me flush against his hard, rigid body as if he were afraid that if he let go for even a single second, I would vanish into thin air. His golden eyes were darkened with unadulterated lust, burning into mine with a fierce, predatory intensity that made my knees weak and my core throb with a deep, pulsing ache.You are mine, Hazel, he growled, his deep voice vibrating against my skin, sending a fresh wave of electric shivers straight down my spine. Every single inch of you.Before I could form a coherent reply, before
Chapter 136Hazel POVThe lingering echo of what I had just called him hung in the dead silence of the bedroom, heavy enough to suffocate a normal person. My cheeks were still blazing so hot I thought my skin might actually melt off my bones. I wanted to crawl under the mattress, sink through the floorboards, or vanish into thin air.He is definitely not my dad. He couldn't possibly be my dad. He never married my mother, and he didn't even know I existed until a few months ago when our worlds violently collided. But right now, in the dizzying aftermath of that catastrophic slip of the tongue, my brain was completely fried, and my body was reacting to something entirely different.Creed let out that rich, deep rumble of laughter, the sound vibrating right through my chest as he gently pressed a soft kiss to my burning forehead. But the moment his lips touched my skin, the air in the room shifted again. The playful amusement in his golden eyes vanished, replaced instantly by something d
Chapter 135Hazel POVThe heavy, suffocating scent of eucalyptus and expensive cologne clung to the air of the master suite, but it was nothing compared to the overwhelming, crushing weight of Creed’s presence hovering over me. My heart was already hammering a frantic, erratic rhythm against my ribs, entirely out of proportion to my recovering body. I had thrown those words right into his face like a handful of jagged glass, fully intending to push him away, to remind him of the distance between us, and to prove that I wasn't just some helpless omega toy waiting around in his gilded cage for permission to breathe.I wanted to make him angry. I wanted him to back off.Instead, I had pushed the exact wrong button on a man who didn't know the meaning of sharing, relinquishing, or letting go.The air in the room shifted so violently it felt like the atmospheric pressure had dropped a dozen points in a single millisecond. There was no warning, no pause for thought—just a sudden, terrifying







