Aria........
My eyes fluttered open, my body throbbed. I groaned and opened my eyes.
I remembered all of a sudden I was in the Alpha king's quarters....
The Alpha King’s quarters were nothing like I imagined. They weren’t gaudy or dripping in gold like the stories whispered among the pack. Instead, the space was vast but warm—stone walls covered in tapestries, heavy oak furniture polished until it gleamed, and a fire roaring in the hearth though the night wasn’t particularly cold.
He set me down on a couch, the cushions swallowing me whole, and for the first time since my heat had ambushed me in the forest, I felt the heavy fog in my head lift. His presence filled every corner, pressing down on me like a tangible force. It should have frightened me. But instead, I found myself breathin
