*Tia*
As I stare at my reflection in the mirror of my dressing table, I feel somewhat nervous about the arrival of the Alpha prince’s wards this afternoon. It’s one thing to be paraded about the village as the prince’s mate. It’s quite another to socialize with respectable she-wolves who are well above me not only in station but in reproach when it comes to behavior. After all, one is married to a very high ranked alpha, the other to her second Alpha. While the Luna’s second marriage and the early arrival of her son had created quite the scandal, it doesn’t change the fact that I have noble blood coursing through my veins.
“lf I didn’t know better, I’d think you were dreading today,” Killian says.
I glance over to where he sits to tug on his boots. Finished with the task, he leans forwa
