I could hear him breathing heavily on the other side of the door before hearing him sit down and lean against the door. “Please open the door; I haven't hurt you before; that isn’t going to change Sage. Mates don’t hurt mates,” he says before hearing him let out a breath.
“He is a monster,” Sierra says; my nose invaded with the stench of a rogue as it seeped under the door and into the room. I couldn't get the image of him out of my head. I didn’t understand. Why did he hate rogues so much, and what did he do to his Beta for him to fear him?
The silence was deafening, and I heard him get up after a while. The sounds of his feet reach my ears as he walks to the bathroom down the hall before hearing it click shut. A few seconds later, I hear the shower start up. Sierra’s breathing slows, s
