Aria's POV"Aria stays with me," Valerius said, his voice dropping into that dark, lethal tone. "Nobody tells her what to do. Nobody touches her. Only me." My family froze in shock."Out," Valerius commanded my family simply.Without another word, my father, mother, and sister bowed frantically and backed out of the cabin, closing the door behind them as if escaping a dragon's den.Suddenly, the cabin was dead silent again.I stood there in the middle of the room, my heart hammering against my ribs. It was so awkward. I didn't know what to do with my hands. I didn't know how to act. I was just a delta wolf, standing alone in a tiny room with the most dangerous Lycan in existence.Valerius didn't move toward the door. Instead, he turned around slowly.His molten silver eyes dragged over my body…. slowly, and deliberately, tracing down from my messy hair, over my oversized sweater, down my legs, and back up to my face. The intensity of his gaze was like a physical weight, and my entire
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