LEAH
“Alpha Lucian.” Queen Reyna’s voice is soft, but steel glints underneath. “Leave us.”
He laughs under his breath, not the funny kind. The I’m-going-to-burn-this-place-down kind. “Not happening,” he snaps. After keeping a secret as huge as this from me, he’s still acting like he cares. He must think I still believe his facade, bullshit.
“I wasn’t asking.” Queen Reyna snaps back.
“Too bad.” His jaw ticks like he’s holding back his lycan right there. And they’re just… staring at each other now. Throwing invisible daggers over my head like I’m not standing right here trying to remember how to breathe.
“No.” My voice comes out small at first, then stronger. “She’s right.” Lucian’s head snaps to me, those gold eyes lock on like I just stabbed him. “Leah…”
“I don’t want to see you r
