The Room Next to the Alpha
Lyra's POV
I stared at the words on the wall until my breathing turned rough.
LEAVE BEFORE HE CLAIMS YOU TOO.
My fingers shook around the edge of the table.
This was not a joke, this was not pack gossip, someone came into my room, someone stood right here while I was downstairs, or riding in, or washing blood from my skin.
Someone was close enough to touch my things, to wait for me, to warn me or threaten me.
I then spinned toward the door and yanked it open so hard it slammed against the wall and then a guard stood at the end of the hallway startles.
"Alpha!" I shouted and my voice tore through the corridor and footsteps hit the floor almost at once.
Darius then appeared from the far side of the hall, already moving fast, one hand on
