THE ALPHA'S FORBIDDEN SURROGATE
He unbuckled his breastplate and dropped it aside, standing before her in only his plain, dark linen tunic—stripped of his warlord regalia, stripped of his titles, standing merely as a man before the woman who had saved his soul.
He reached into the inner fold of his leather tunic, pulling out a small, worn velvet box.
Dominic’s broad, battle-hardened hands trembled slightly as he pressed the spring latch open. Resting inside on black silk was a heavy gold band, intricately carved with running wolves and inlaid with dark obsidian and brilliant, luminous silver moonstones—the ancient, sacred ring of the Blackwood Luna Queen.
Nora’s breath hitched in her throat, her hand flying to her mouth.