“You can make it all better by leaving me alone.’He stood in a darkened corner of the club, questioning what was left of his sanity for stalking Roy. But seeing Roy kiss Angelo through the CCTV footage had flipped a dormant switch in him and he knew he could no longer stay away, blood oath be damned.Which was exactly what led him to crash the date Roy was having. It’d been a coincidence that he saw Roy at that restaurant. It was true that the restaurant was a cheap, homely place and was far from his usual taste but his international business partner had insisted on a local seafood restaurant to give him the feel of a local during his stay in Louisiana.Then while engaging in small talk with the man, Bryan had been texting Roy on his phone, smiling lightly at his pretense of offhanded replies when his eyes had strayed over and halted on that mop of short dark hair that shined under the fluorescent lights.Then he noticed that Angelo guy seating across the table from him, looking at h

Inside the poorly lit cold room lay a young boy on a big, soft, and luxurious bed, whimpering and cowering in trepidation. For someone who’d voluntarily come to a place, the treatment he received so far differed from that of a prisoner.Dressed in a sweatshirt that had ridden up to expose the pale skin of his abdomen and low-hanging ripped jeans, he wished the temperature of the room could be increased a bit to ward off the cold settling on his exposed skin.The young boy had smooth, almost translucent skin that reflected the dull glow of the red bulb located in the center of the room’s ceiling.His small oval shaped eyes were blindfolded tightly with a black piece of fabric that felt rough against the softness of his cheeks. One could tell he was terrified from the way he clenched and unclenched his fists which it was tightly strapped to the bed.His feet and hands were splayed apart, and tied to the bed posts.With a small "click", the door opened and his soul almost left his body.

Roy held his breath until Bryan left the room and as soon as he had gone, he jumped from the bed and grabbed his wallet. He wasn’t even sure if he had enough bills in it,’ he acknowledged ruefully, but he’d sort himself out later, he had to get away. Ignoring the sounds of voices he imagined came from the sitting room, he raced along the hall to where he hoped the backdoor was. With any luck, he would be out of the building, and disappear before Bryan realized he had no intention of remaining at the mansion until he grew bored of him. But as he pushed the door open, he was surprised to see that it burst open into a home theatre, groaning when he threw his wallet across the room in frustration. With a muttered curse, he fled across the room to retrieve his wallet, his heart sinking at the sound of Bryan’s voice. “There you are—I thought you were going to come to talk to my mother," Bryan drawled, his eyes narrowing when Roy gasped at the sight of him. “I-I was bored so I was….to

After a long drive, the car pulled to a stop at a coffee shop.Walking through the sliding doors, Roy saw a woman sitting inside at the table in the center of the shop at a glance and his footsteps slowed.She looked like she was in her mid-twenties, with red lips and heavy make-up. She was wearing the latest A-line dress from the Yule Fashion line. Covered in bright purple fur, she looked particularly enchanting and commanding.He didn’t expect it to be Cassandra Andorra. He had a brief one-on-one conversation with her after she resumed as the COO at Anderson and Siemens. Co. and it wasn’t a smooth one.When Cassandra lifted her head and their eyes met across the room, a weird mix of smugness and kindness appeared on her face.But Roy didn’t buy the act. This woman had to bring him here with such forceful means, it was clear that whatever conversation they were going to have will not be suave.“Ms. Andorra, if you have something to say, just go on ahead and spill it without beating a

“Cancel all my appointments and drive back to the office.” Bryan mind-linked as he’d shifted to his wolf. in his human state, he would need wolf's bane as an antidote to the poisoning but he would heal quickly in his wolf form.Elliot nodded his head before driving him back to his office.The entire drive back, his wolf wouldn’t settle down calmly as it struggled to fight the poison.A little while later, Bryan shifted back to his human, fully naked, and quickly changed into the clothes that Elliot had helped him take off.About to leave the car, his cell phone vibrated and he reached for it, thinking it was a message from Roy but it turned out to be Cassandra.--Did you get my surprise? This is the beginning of your woes if you don’t stop going after Roy Jordan. My father has done enough for Ortiz.Bryan breathed through his teeth to get his anger under control. He’d been right about Rachel. Cassandra must have sent her to do this.“Do we tell King Edric about this?” Elliot said quie