Chapter 21


    Chapter 21


    Roman took the opportunity to hand over a bottle of wine. “Alpha Knight, why don’t you let Taya pour a


    ss of wine for you.”


    Roman had wanted to see me undress in front of everyone, but he quickly realized that I was his date


    and that he had publi cly referred to me as his girlfriend. He would look like a foo l if I took my clothes


    off in front of everyone-especially an Alpha.


    And that was the only thing that saved me.


    Preston reacted quickly and agreed with Roman. “Let her you a ss of wine as punishment.”


    pour


    After that, he signaled me to pour wine for Griffon.


    How…how was pouring him wine a punishment?


    I looked up at Griffon. His face was nk, and I couldn’t figure out what he was thinking…if he was


    thinking anything at all.


    He’d been holding a ss of wine all evening, but I’d yet to see him take a sip of it. I didn’t know what


    kind of wine was in his ss—if it wasced with wolfsbane or not.


    I mustered the courage to pick up the expensive red wine on the table, walked up to him, and bent


    down slightly.


    I was about to pour the wine into his ss when he suddenly raised his hand to cover the rim.


    Griffon stared at me and spat out, “D rty.”


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    My heart sank, and the pain was almost unbearable. I struggled to catch my breath as my hand


    trembled, still holding the wine bottle.


    My body stiffened, and I gazed into his eyes. There was no trace of affection there, only disdain.


    It wasmonce for shifters to think that humans-or those born to shifters but who never got their


    wolves-were tainted.


    This was just ridic ulous, though. If that’s what he was thinking right now, how wasn’t I dirt y when he


    was sleeping with me for five years? No amount of cleaning myself “inside and out” was ever going to


    take away the fact that I wasn’t a shifter.


    My anger began to rise, and I stood up straight, handing the wine bottle back to Roman, upset.


    “Beta Starke, since Alpha Knight thinks I’m dir ty, why don’t you pour a ss of wine for him instead?”


    ***


    Her voice was soft, and when she called Roman “B Starke,” it almost made his bones go limp.


    Roman was burning with desire, and hugged her waist,


    Chapter 21


    comforting her. “Okay, let me handle it.”


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    He took the bottle from her hand and poured wine for Griffon. “Don’t misunderstand, Alpha Knight.


    She’s not that kind of girl; she’s clean.”


    Griffon snorted. “Is that so?”


    The mockingughter seemed topletely dete Taya.


    Roman gave him a suspicious look.


    It was weird. Why did it feel like Griffon was making Taya feel ufortable on purpose? Was the


    Alpha ying some kind of game with her because she was human?


    Worried that Griffon’s misunderstanding would jeopardize the project his pack was so desperately


    trying to get, Roman quickly exined with a smile, “Trust me, I’ve checked. She’s clean.”


    Griffon’s hand tightened, and it almost looked as though he would snap the winess stem in two.


    He raised cold, narrowed eyes and looked at Roman. “And just how did you verify that?”


    Roman didn’t notice Griffon’s strange reaction and said proudly, “I’ve slept with her, of course.”


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