Page 65 of Alpha Ruined

It’s addicting. She shared her secrets with him, andonlyhim.

“You’re safe with me,” he promises, as she burrows hercheek into his chest. “Always. You never have to hide who you are from me.”

Her other sleeve has pushed up, and he sees the marks on her other arm, as deep and jagged as the other ones.

He hates that he’s not marred. He’s done things that deserve scars, yet his skin is untouched.

“I don’t know how this could work,” she says quietly. “I’m leaving soon.”

No, you’re not, he thinks.Not without me.

But he remains silent and plants a kiss at the top of her hair.

“But I think…” she continues, her voice trailing off, “I think I’d like to try for now, at least. I’ve never done this before.”

He frowns, playing with a piece of her hair. “Never done what before?”

She looks up at him, her eyes open and earnest. “I’ve never been with an Alpha,” she breathes.

He raises an eyebrow. “Never?”

She shakes her head. “I was always too scared,” she admits. “The intensity frightened me.”

His head spins.

His love, hismate, has never been with another Alpha.

Something primal inside him roars, and he fights the urge to sink his teeth into her neck, claiming her in the cemetery.

It’s even too macabre for him, as tempting as it is.

But he can’t stop the slight smile that crosses his face.

He’ll be her first and only.

“I’ll take care of you,” he promises softly. “You don’t have to be afraid anymore.”

Maybe a little afraid, if she finds out just how deep his obsession with her runs.

But it’s too late.

Bree bared her soul to him, and he’ll be the only one that will ever have her.

She surprises him by initiating the kiss, and something inside him snaps.

CHAPTER 21

BREE

She’s vaguelyaware that she’s making out with him in a cemetery.

It’s entirely inappropriate, but that doesn’t stop her.

Her body aches for him and her heart is vulnerable as she pours all of her emotions into her kisses, tasting him the same way she did the other night.

Only this time, she won’t need to shove him away.

She showed Cole her scars, and he didn’t run.