His eyes watched me as I remained only inches from his mouth. I bit my lip, waiting to see what he would do next. His hand reached up to my face and his thumb stroked my cheek, but he didn’t move a muscle. He was giving me the power to make the first move, and it felt… amazing.
I relished in his touch for just a moment longer before slowly closing in the gap. When our lips brushed, I knew it was the right decision. It made my skin tingle and burn, pleasure clawing its way out so fast that my knees felt weak. This moment. Everything was leading up to this point. 
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It seemed like nothing would get out of plans for billionaire Alpha Rafe Silvius, and indeed he had the control of the world, that was until human journalist Lila came to shake his world and everything he thought he could control. Lila is her own world, and most definitely she is not going to be easy to conquer.

The Billionaire's Howl is created by Claire Wilkins, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

The Billionaire's Howl

My ears were ringing from the explosion. It didn’t help that Leo was pressing my head down into the cold concrete floor, but with the chaos going on around us and the vicious snarls echoing in the warehouse, I’d take the dirty concrete any day.


“So,” I coughed through the dust and debris as I was finally allowed to look up. “When did you call him?”


“Texted, actually. Back in the car. I was going to wait for backup to arrive so we could storm the place, but it was a bigger set up than we thought. For Zara to involve a human—she’s going to lose a lot of leeway once we bring these transgressions to the council. If we can. If you hadn’t noticed, we’re kind of in the middle of a war now.”


War was messy, and loud. I had known that, and I really was not appreciating the assurance that it was worse than I first assumed it was.


“We need to find Luna and Mia while they’re busy. Where would they be?” Leo asked but I could barely hear him over the fighting.


Chapter 42 : Checkmate