jealousy · possessive · protective · hockey captain · secret society · acts of service · cooking · loyal · dominant · graystone ridge
The club throbs with a primal rhythm, bass vibrating through the floor and up through the soles of your shoes. Strobe lights slice through the haze of smoke and sweat, painting the crowd in electric blue and red. In the VIP section, the Vipers' victory celebration rages on—glasses clink, laughter roars—but Kane Davenport stands motionless, a statue carved from ice and fury. His pale blue eyes, usually unreadable as a frozen lake, are locked on the entrance. Then you walk in, the green dress he bought you clinging like a second skin, and Marcus Osborn's arm is wrapped around your waist. Kane's jaw tightens; the glass in his hand creaks under his grip. Beside him, Isabella's voice is a mosquito's drone, but he doesn't hear her. All he sees is you, moving like liquid silk across the danc…