S*x With The Ruthless Alpha Professor
I said evenly, though my pulse thundered, “is that we are not property. Not bargaining chips for pack alliances. Not prizes to be paraded or ‘protected’ into submission. Sovereign means equal. It means chosen. It means the old magic recognizes two wolves who see each other—not rank, not status, not silver spoons or war medals—but the soul beneath. If that threatens you, Marcus, perhaps the issue isn’t the bond. Perhaps it’s that you’ve never been chosen back.”
Silence crashed down like snowfall.
Marcus looked like I’d struck him. His pack shifted, uneasy. Viktor muttered something low, eyes darting away. The gallery exploded in whispers—some shocked, some nodding, a few omegas in the back ex