ALPHA PARTHE.
It had been days, yet Luxuria still lay in a fragile state, her body recovering slowly. I wasn't sure how much longer I could bear it. A part of me—the beast that stirred restlessly beneath the surface—wanted her fully healed, fully alive.
She was awakening something inside me that had refused to be tamed, a fire that flickered more dangerously with each passing moment I spent in her presence.
I stood at the edge of her chamber, watching her sleep. She was utterly oblivious to the world around her, her breath soft and even, completely unaware that a predator stood silently, watching her like he always stalked his prey before ending them.
Her buttery, silken skin glowed faintly in the moonlight that filtered through the narrow window, casting a delicate sheen over her nak
