The Deaf Alpha’s Unexpected Mate
I flinched slightly at the mention of bloodline, though she couldn't have known the weight it carried, and Ally caught my eye across the room with a small, steadying smile.
By early afternoon, the makeup began, and Ree worked with the same unhurried precision she'd shown my hair, blending shades of bronze and deep plum across my eyelids, sweeping something warm and golden along my cheekbones.
"Close your eyes." Her voice had dropped into something almost meditative, focused entirely on the fine brush moving along my lash line. "You have striking eyes, you know. Amber like that isn't common. I've only seen it once before, actually, years ago."