Chapter 10: Mercy
Alex
Princess Seraphine stood over me like judgment itself. Her posture was perfect, and her lips were curled in a look of faint disgust. She had white fox fur draped over her shoulders. She looked like she had been born wrapped in luxury and soft things. Her two maids stood on either side of her. They were silent and they had sharp eyes. They looked like wolves that were just waiting for permission to tear into my flesh.
I felt my legs shake. I did not know what to do. Should I bow or should I stand? Should I kneel on the cold floor or should I try to run? Seraphine was Kaelan’s future Luna. She was the woman the entire pack would eventually kneel to. She was the one he would claim as his own. He would crown her and he would love her. And what was I? I was just a mark
