***AURORA***The door of the luxury sedan clicked shut with a dull thud, completely cutting off the roar of the downpour.Inside, the space was vast, dark, and suffocatingly quiet. The scent of rich leather, expensive tobacco, and Ronan’s overpowering Alpha pheromones filled the enclosed cabin, settling over my skin. I sat frozen against the leather seat, my damp white dress clinging miserably to my thighs. My hands were shaking, but I clamped them tightly in my lap, refusing to let the man sitting across from me see a single trace of weakness.Ronan didn't look at me. He sat in total, unreadable silence as the car glided smoothly away from the hotel.The blue light of the dashboard illuminated his sharp profile; the hard, chiseled line of his jaw, the slight break in his nose from some long-forgotten violence, and the massive breadth of his shoulders beneath his charcoal vest. He had tossed his wet suit jacket onto the empty middle seat, rolling up his shirtsleeves to reveal thick, h
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