Chapter Two – The First Night
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The palace walls swallowed Evelina whole. Gold, marble, and endless corridors pressed down on her like chains disguised as beauty. Servants bowed, whispers trailing behind her: The King’s new bride. The one who dared defy him.
When the chamber doors shut, silence thickened. He was already there, standing by the fire, shadows flickering over the sharp planes of his face.
“You will learn your place,” the Alpha King said, his tone calm but edged like a blade.
Evelina’s hands curled at her sides. “And if I refuse?”
His eyes lifted, glowing faintly in the firelight. Dangerous. Otherworldly. “Then you will learn differently.”
He moved closer, slow, deliberate, his presence stealing her breath. Evelina forced her chin high, even as her pulse betrayed her.
“You think rebellion makes you strong,” he whispered near her ear. “But rebellion is fire. It burns what it touches.”
Her lips curved, defiant. “Then let me burn.”
For a moment, silence stretched between them—heat, danger, temptation. His hand lingered at her chin, but he did not claim her. Not yet.
Instead, he stepped back, a predator savoring the hunt.
“The games begin tonight, my Queen.”
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✨ End of Chapter Two.
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