Eric's lips brush mine, a slow, light action that already has me hooked. A comforting warmth engulfs my body, spreading from limb to limb like wildfire. His sweet lips move delicately with my own, the caress of his lips softer than I could have imagined. It is over too soon as he drifts away. "Now was that so difficult?" Eric murmurs as I try to register what just happened.

While trying to see the best in everyone, Isabella finds herself battling against her own mind. After an attack on her pack, she has to choose between her newly discovered Alpha mate and her beloved, younger sister. Her heart is in the palm of his hand--though she struggles to admit it--but that doesn't mean he won't crush it. It is a game of trust, and she cannot afford to lose.

Big Bad Alphas

/"You saw the rogue, then my father, and you decided to walk outside and follow them?/"

/"Well, when you say it like that it sounds bad./"

Eric takes a breath. /"Because it is bad, Isabella, because you could have been killed. Why did you follow—what told you to go out in unclaimed land and make yourself vulnerable?/"

I watch him pace back and forth from the bed. /"I don't know. I was intrigued, I suppose./"

/"Intrigued? Intrigued by death?/"

/"You're overreacting,/" I tell him.

/"What if the wolf wasn't my father, what if you walked out there and he didn't find you in time?/"

/"But he did, and that's all that matters, right? Can't we just move on? I have learned my lesson./"

Eric sighs. /"I cannot understand why you would put yourself in danger like that./"

/"I don't either, but it happened, and now it's over. I really just want to forget about it and move on./"

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