Danielle’s POVThose seven words hit me like a blow to the chest.For a second, just a second I forget how to breathe. My heart does this messy, traitorous somersault inside my ribcage, and the room suddenly feels too small, too warm, too dangerous for someone like me to be standing this close to someone like him.Rhett doesn’t look away, he never looks away.His eyes, impossibly steady stay locked on me as if he’s waiting for something. Maybe for me to speak, perhaps for me to run off, or to even shatter.I swallow in silence, staring back at him, a word barely leaving my throat.“Rhett… don’t say things like that.”But then he doesn’t blink.“I’m not taking it back,” he adds. Of course, he isn’t. He’s Rhett, the Alpha who commands rooms, warriors, and entire packs without lifting a finger. But the way he’s looking at me now? It isn't a command. It isn’t authority.It’s want indeed and hunger I guess.Heat crawls up my neck from staring at him, spreading into my cheeks. I can feel it
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