With a frantic burst of speed, Karen thundered up the spiral stairway, her feet pounding against the floor like a drumbeat of desperation. The silky folds of her pink satin dress fluttered behind her, a clear description of the swift movements of her body as she raced upstairs.

Her face had already drained of all color, her eyes wide with apprehension as she scrambled to find a hiding place from the eyes of the ruthless Alpha, Damion, who had callously rejected her as his mate. She knew he would stop at nothing until he had claimed her, to rip every last shred of her being from her soul.

Hot tears...