Alpha's Desire: The Hidden Mate
“Feel everything you’ve been hiding. Your fear. Your desire to resist. Everything you’ve tried to keep from me.”
Zaria stepped back, desperate to create distance and catch her breath. But Damian followed. Her heel caught the edge of the bed and, with a soft gasp, she lost her balance, falling backwards onto the mattress.
A small cry escaped her throat before silence reclaimed the room. Damian stood before her, tall and unshaken, his shadow spilling across her like something alive.
Damian tilted his head slightly to hold her gaze, and for the first time, Zaria caught a flicker of something foreign in his eyes. In that moment, a strange current surged through her—warm, aching and hollow all at