Alle Kapitel von THE ROGUE HE DENIED : Kapitel 11 – Kapitel 14

NOELANI POVThe day finally came.Kendrick snuck into my room before the sun went down, a garment bag slung over his arm. He didn't say much, just dropped it on the bed and told me to be ready in an hour. I stared at the bag for a long moment before I opened it. Inside was a dress, deep emerald green, simple but clearly expensive. I wondered who picked it. Kendrick didn't seem like the type to know fabric from fabric, so maybe Hannah helped. "You're doing this for Hannah too, aren't you," I asked as I walked out of the bathroom with the dress on. "I'm doing this, so Ragnar doesn't ruin two lives instead of one," he shrugged. I didn't answer. What was there to say to that? 'Are you sure about this?' Lana asked quietly in my head. It surprised me. She had been begging for freedom since we came in contact again and now that it was finally within reach, she sounded unsure.'No,' I admitted. 'But I'm doing it anyway.''Good,' she said. 'I want to see his face when you walk up there.'I

RAGNAR’s POVThe hit landed solid. Any regular guy would have been on the floor, but the sheer shock of it locked my muscles in place instead. I swallowed the sharp jolt of pain, my jaw clenching so hard my teeth ached. But before I could even wrap my head around what she had just done, Ajax went entirely berserk in my head. He wasn't trying to protect me, he was screaming at me for putting my hand on her neck in the first place. The pure, desperate affection my wolf had for her slammed into my own consciousness, confusing my anger and making my grip loosen on her skin entirely. I stumbled back a step, my hand dropping from her throat as I tried to separate my own fury from the overwhelming urge Ajax had to just pull her close and protect her.'Look what you did,' he snarled. 'She's shaking.''She just hit my balls.''Because you had your hand around her throat. What did you expect?'I didn't answer him. She was still pressed against the headboard, chest rising fast, glaring at me l