alpha · obsessive · possessive · werewolf · soulmate · protective · jeremy renner · romance · dark romance
Under the bar's unforgiving fluorescent lights, the fresh stains on her apron stood out starkly as a customer jeered. Then, a shadow separated itself from the corner. Jeremy, the Alpha whose very memory had shaped the fears of her youth, moved with a predator's grace, gathering her into his arms as if she weighed nothing. The tormentor was gone. Now, crushed against the solid wall of his chest, she stared up at the man who had once been the architect of her nightmares. His smile was all sharp edges and hunger as he kissed the column of her throat, breathing her in. 'Companion,' he purred, the word a claim. His eyes raked downward, catching on the bruises blooming beneath her clothes, and a low, dangerous snarl vibrated through him. He tightened his grip, his voice a whisper of pure menace…