“You’re no good to me or anyone else mated with a fucking grizzly, Madison.” The alpha slowly dragged his claws over my throat, leaving shallow cuts in my skin. Small streams of blood dripped lightly down.
And down.
And down.
I bit my cheek hard to hold back a cry of pain.
If Bo heard me and came running, he wouldn’t get to me in time. I’d be dead long before that.
I had to be careful.
Cautious.
Smart.
Somehow, I had to figure out a way to get myself out of this situation. Without getting killed. And without screaming.
“You embarrassed me.” The alpha finally lifted his claws from my throat.
My eyes stung with pain. And shock, maybe.
Okay, definitely shock too.
I needed a lifelong break from crying, after all the tears I’d been shedding lately.
What the hell was I going to do?
I took a staggered breath in as his claws landed in the center of my chest. Directly over my heart. I should’ve put on a bra, because his hands were way too close to my tits.
And the fact that I was even thinking that was not a great sign about the current state of my sanity.
I was about to die, and I was thinking about the alpha accidentally groping me.
Great use of brainpower.
“I should rip your heart out right here,” the alpha mused. “Leave your body on the floor of your studio, so your bear can discover what it’s like to lose what belongs to him the way I did.”
The alpha’s words made me see red.
Not because he was trying to bother Bo—because he said I had beenhis.
His, even though I was an unwilling fiancée.
His, even after I’d literally begged him to postpone the wedding indefinitely or call it off together.
Hisfemale kitsune.
Hispossession.
Fuck that.
Fuckhim.
I wasn’t a helpless human. I was a shifter. I was as much wild animal as I was woman, even if I’d spent most of my life resenting that because of what it meant for my future.
And I wasnotgoing to die without a fight.
I wasn’t sure what the best way to get him to let go of me was, but I was going to figure it out, or I was going to die trying.
