The Alpha I shouldn't crave
He spread it over me without asking permission, his movements efficient but not unkind.
My hand shot out before I could think better of it, catching his wrist as he started to pull away, my fingers wrapping around the corded muscle and tendon I remembered too well.
He froze, looking down at where we connected, then slowly raised his eyes to mine. "Sandra—"
"Don't go yet." The words tumbled out desperate and pathetic. "I hate the dark, I can't sleep in complete darkness, it's too quiet down here and I keep thinking about—"
I let the sentence die because I didn't know how to finish it, didn't know if I was thinking about Damon's rejection or my father's death or the way Marcus had made me forg