Ariella’s POV
At this point, I was ready to publish a whole damn book titled, ‘How to Snag a King’s Attention with Just a Splash of Blood.’ Because holy hell, I was absolutely slaying this role.
One second I’m sitting there, blood trickling down my forehead from whatever chaos happened earlier, and the next? THE King Edric, the walking legend every she-wolf dreams about…myself included…is staring right at me like I’m the most interesting thing in the room.
Me.
Ariella. Everyone’s favorite punching bag.
‘It’s happening!’ I screamed inside my head, doing a full victory dance in my brain. ‘He’s looking at me! With actual curiosity! Take that, destiny!’
Hazel, just scoffed like a total buzzkill. ‘Calm down, drama queen. He’s probably wondering why you look like you lost a fight with a bl
