CHAPTER EIGHTY SIX

Alpha Liam’s POV

As I watched Rose enter the room again, my heart rate quickened and my wolf jumped and ran in circles inside of me, she caught me unaware. It was a sensation that was all too familiar to me, one I wanted even against my will, one that I had felt many times before.

The fur began to appear on my arms, a physical manifestation of my wolf wanting to gain presidency and dominance over me. But I shunned my wolf. I refused to let him take control, to let him turn me into someone I wasn't.

I muttered under my breath, speaking directly to my wolf, "Stop, I couldn't figure out why it was doing all that to me, even after letting him know Rose wasn't on the same level as I. She's just a slave. Do you want me to be some kind of person to yearn for her? She's my slave, and I can have her any time I want." I raised my head and called Rose inside, asking if she was going to stay outside forever.

As she entered the room, I could see how eager she was to leave my presence, but then sh