ALPHA TOPH

My ears heated in the silence that followed Gobar’s announcement, and I fell back into the skull throne, feeling breathless but snapping my palm up when Hagrid made to move toward me.

“What do you want with Raya Banks?” I asked carefully, narrowing my eyes to slits when the beast smiled wide suddenly, the ugly flaps of his lips lined with curly black whiskers that made the hairs between my ass cheeks look like jerry curls.

“I am aware that she is your...half-mate Tophas, but Raya has something I want, and I'm going to get it, whether you hand her over to me willingly, or I tear her...