CHAPTER 32
LEILA’S POV
Well, judging from the look everyone sent our way, I hadn't hallucinated at all. Even Aegon appeared to have seized breathing as soon as he heard what Alaric said.
From where she stood, Lady Diane turned her head to look at me, her face pale. She looked like she’d just seen a ghost. Her head slowly returned to its previous position, and she laughed emptily. “What are you talking about? How is that slave your mate when I’m right here, standing in front of you?” she asked, and Alpha Alaric removed his hand from her shoulders. She spared them a glance before looking back up at him.
“You promised me we would get married as soon as you caught the criminals behind the murders of our people, and now you’re saying you’re mated to one of them? How?! How could you even
