R O S A L I E
My jaw dropped at that, a wave of anger washing over me. Was he serious? Did he just play the alpha card on me? He had never used his title against me before. He had never tried to control me.
"Are you seriously pulling rank on me?" I asked, my voice dangerously low. "After everything we've been through? After all your talk of us being a team? Of you wanting me to be your equal? This is what it comes down to? You ordering me around because you're the King?"
"I'm not ordering you around," He said, his expression softening. "I'm trying to protect you. Can't you see that? This is not about me being an alpha. This is about me being your mate. And about me being terrified of losing you."
"I knew me accepting your proposal was a mistake," I said in a small but cold voice and I
