Ariella’s POV
Can everyone just mind their business and stop looking at me like I’m holding a forgotten treasure?
Sophia’s face went slack. “Why are you defending her? She’s nothing but a filthy servant…”
Before she could finish her tantrum, the doors boomed open again.
Three guards lined up and dropped to one knee beside the door like human red carpet. “His Majesty, the Alpha King has arrived.”
I felt the air change with that familiar sweet aura that I’ve fantasized about for so many nights that I can’t count.
And then he walked in.
Edric.
My Alpha king.
Tall, broad, moving like gravity bent for him alone. Dark suit tailored to perfection…not flashy, just absolute. Power didn’t need to shout when it could break worlds silently. Right?
My entire body lit up…like I’ve been plugged
