Goosebumps covered every inch of my skin because of Daisy’s warm breath against my throat. I tried to ignore it. I tried to think of anything other than her warm breath against my skin and her soft body pressed against mine.She was fast asleep with her head resting on my shoulder. Every time I shifted in my seat, her arms would tighten as if she was scared I would leave her.My alpha instincts were urging me to protect the little omega in my lap.“Did we loose them yet?” I asked Stevens.The sooner we got home, the sooner I could hand her over to Elias and force the rising feelings down.“Almost.”I growled. Fucking assholes. At least, there was only a dozen reporters and Stevens managed to scare them off with his nephew’s water gun. Fuck, it’s going to be all over the news.Pursing my lips, I carefully shifted in the seat to pull my phone from my pocket. I called Valiant but the call went straight to voicemail. He was probably busy in court.Elias answered on the first ring. “Is she

It was supposed to be my lucky day. I lost the case even though I wore my lucky tie. All the hard work down the fucking drain due to one stupid thing I missed. To make it even worse, I had to find out from a co-worker that Daisy had been caught on camera with Alexander. Paperwork waited for me when I walked out of court. I had to take care of it before I could leave. It was almost midnight when I entered the penthouse. My tie had been removed during the drive home. I lost my jacket on the way up in the elevator and was busy unbuttoning the top buttons of my shirt as I walked through the dark penthouse. There was no lingering smell of a cooked meal waiting for me like there usually was. My brows dipped into a frown when I entered my bedroom. I flicked on the light and dropped my case down on the desk in the corner. Taking a seat on the edge of the bed, I kicked off my shoes and pulled off my socks. A low sound made me pause. Tilting my head to the side, I held my breath to lis

I still felt sick but it didn’t feel like the walls were closing in on me again. To see that video again after years…it made me realize that I should have looked at it when they asked me to. There had been weeks after I woke up in the hospital where they asked me the same questions over and over again, where they had forced me to look at that video. When it was over, I swore to myself that I would never set eyes on it again because the trauma was too much. But it was all different now. Not only was Daisy a grown woman, but she was living with us and her story was once again being shown all over the news channels. It might seem as if she didn’t care about it, but I saw right through her facade. The fear was there in the slight tremble of her hands and the way she chewed on her lip. Or the way her eyes darted around the room every few seconds to make sure that somebody wasn’t going to sneak up on her. Valiant was still on the phone, making calls to a few of his contacts to see i

I kept telling myself that the interview went well. They asked Alex a bunch of questions that I didn’t even think of when I wrote the little speech for him. They asked him questions about Daisy’s kidnapping and Elias’s involvement. We hadn’t expected them to ask about that. I tugged at my tie as we stepped into the elevator. “That was a fucking disaster,” Alex growled. “Yeah,” I agreed. “I hope they took my hesitation to their questions as a sign that I know shit about the little omega I ‘rescued’ from the cafe,” he muttered. “This was a stupid plan. I thought if I did this, it would make them forget about what happened but it feels like I made things worse.” I nodded. We just dug a bigger hole for ourselves. “Do you think they were watching the interview?” That reminded me…I pulled my phone out of my pocket and checked the text I received while we were setting up for the interview. “Probably not,” I muttered. “They seem to be otherwise occupied.” I turned the phone

I rubbed my chest with a shaky hand. My breathing had calmed down but my heart was still racing a mile a minute. Kissing Elias had been nice. Kissing Valiant was great. But kissing Alex…I hadn’t been prepared for the reaction his kiss caused. A soft knock on the door made my body jerk in fright. I jumped to my feet and spun around. Elias hovered in the doorway, brows dipped into a frown. “I just wanted to check on you. Are you okay?”I nodded. His eyes dropped to my hand. “Alex can be a little intense. Did he scare you?”Swallowing, I hesitated a moment and then answered him. “It scared me. I wasn’t expecting it to be so…intense.”Elias entered the room. He took a seat on the edge of the bed and grabbed hold of my wrist to pull me between his parted legs. His hands dropped to grip my hips. “I know that everyone is different but I have to ask you this. Have you ever been on any suppressants?” “Erika asked me the same thing along with a few other questions before we decided on a