Evander
“How dare you?” I growled, letting my Alpha voice fill the tiny room.
Mirellie jerked violently on the bed. Her eyes widened as she stared at me from beneath a tangled mess of curls. For a moment, she looked genuinely terrified.
Then confusion slowly replaced the fear.
The room fell silent except for the distant sounds of servants lingering outside the open doorway. I could feel them listening. It only caused my anger to worsen.
“How long have you been staying here?” I demanded.
Mirellie blinked. The exhaustion on her face was impossible to miss now. Her eyes looked swollen. Her skin looked pale. There were faint shadows beneath her eyes that hadn’t been there before the trip. Yet somehow she still managed to look confused by my question.
“What?”
My jaw clenched in irritati
