Dominic
The hall was empty, yet it felt crowded with whispers.
I sat alone on the throne, my hands gripping the carved arms of the chair as though they alone kept me steady. The fire in the great hearth crackled, but it gave no warmth. Instead, the shadows seemed to stretch long across the stone floor, reaching for me, wrapping around me like chains I could not break.
My chest rose and fell in sharp breaths. I hated the silence. In silence, the voices came theirs and his.
They look at him now, not you, my wolf snarled inside me. The elders tilt toward Xavier. They see him as the wiser one. The stronger one. The true king.
I clenched my jaw so tight my teeth ached. “No,” I muttered under my breath, though no one stood near enough to hear. “I am Alpha King. I earned this crown with bloo
