Chapter 233

With hesitant steps I began to walk into his office.

At first I tried to hold my breath, but Alex looked at me while raising his eyebrows so I tried to breathe little by little.

Balthazar was right ... the scent of the mate bond had almost completely disappeared, my nose could only faintly detect it.

I raised my hand when my steps almost reached where Alex was standing, I looked up again to see the expression on his face that looked a little impatient.

But before I can take his hand, Alex moves faster than me, his hand grabbing my wrist and pulling me with a jolt into his arms.

My feet that were still walking had tripped over the carpet but he held my body with his hands and then pulled me into his arms.

"Now that you're in my arms, I'll never let you go, Cara," he whispered in a voice so low that only I could hear him. Somehow his intonation sounded like a threat in my ear.

I buried my hot face in his chest while my heart pounded harder. Her familiar scent enveloped me like a blanket