Chapter Four: Pledging Her Mate to a StrangerVictoria didn’t think. She acted.The liquor was coursing through her veins, dulling the fury, the betrayal, the heartbreak.She wanted an escape.And she found it—him.He was tall and muscular, dangerous in a way that made her heart race. His penetrating blue gaze bored into hers, inscrutable, predatory. He was flanked by a half dozen men, all equally foreboding.She didn’t care.She walked directly to him, only just preventing her feet from tripping.“I want you.”The men they were with fell quiet. The air shifted.The stranger lifted an eyebrow, but his face remained as cold, as calculating.“I want to communicate,” she clarified.A man who looked familiar among his friends laughed. “Kenz, talk to her.”Another man pushed him ahead. He barely moved. His posture was unwavering, unyielding — like rock.Then without saying a word, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her from the group.Victoria’s heart hammered. His touch was warm, a bolt of h
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