Melissa could feel her consciousness floating at the back of her mind. She knew that that wasn’t supposed to be so. She knew that she was supposed to be present in her body, able to control her own actions. But knowing didn’t help her. It didn’t stop her from following Louis’ every whim. It was like their minds were linked. What he wanted, she did, without him having to say it.

She saw Devon seated beside her, just as still as she was. She couldn’t understand how it was possible for Louis to do that to them. Never in the history of alphas had anyone been able to so completely...