MADELINE'S POV

Maybe it was all manipulation sprinkled with his touch of mischievousness. Maybe it was one of his many tactics to drag me to the abyss. Maybe this was my form of punishment for prying into his private affairs.

".....What?" I whispered out in confusion.

"Why what? You didn't hear me right?" he asked. "Listen and listen attentively. I will repeat myself again just once."

"I like you Madeline."

That was it. I wasn't mistaken. I heard right. I sat there, my heart hammering in my chest. My mind went for a spin. He likes me?

"Cat got your tongue," alpha Novare asked casually, with a grin evident on...