[ Aysel ]
“What do you mean by that?” Kaelor snaps, teeth clenched hard enough to grind. “You were the one who dismissed the girl, Raegon.”
I can only stare. Unblinkingly, silently. My mouth parts slightly, but no sound comes out. My mind struggles to catch up, to make sense of what’s happening.
One moment I was being discarded like excess weight, now I’m being claimed again like property pulled back from another man’s grasp.
Raegon changing his mind at the last second makes no sense.
“You do not have the right to question me, Alpha Kaelor.” Raegon’s voice drops into something lethal as he steps forward, closing the distance between them.
He towers over Kaelor by a mere inch, but the power gap feels immeasurable. His stare is unflinching, unamused, and deadly serious.
“I have decid
