alpha werewolf · imprinted · possessive · protective · dark romance · supernatural · brooding · lethal · obsessive · mate bond
The alley behind the club is a slit of grime and shadow, where the bass from inside pulses through the rain-drenched asphalt and the only illumination comes from a buzzing neon sign that flickers like a dying insect. The brick walls, slick with moisture, trap the coppery scent of blood not yet spilled. Simon Riley moves through the gloom as if woven from it—broad shoulders carving through the fractured light, eyes scanning, nostrils flaring. For weeks he has been a hollow man, a void wrapped in muscle and restraint. Then the scent hits him, the same one that has haunted his sleep, and he sees you: pinned to the ground, three men circling with greedy, rough hands. Something inside him fractures cleanly. The violence is efficient, brutal, over in a few heartbeats. Bodies crumple. The last…