Chapter 22

• Alexis
• I smiled, savoring the feeling of control. Alex couldn’t take his eyes off me, like I was the last drop of water he desperately needed. I basked in the attention. It was something I hadn't felt in so long.
• I’d spent years in the shadows, never the most beautiful or the most popular. Far from ugly, but I wasn’t the girl who turned heads. Now, though, my mate admired and craved me. It made me feel powerful—like I was finally the center of someone’s universe.