Nikolai froze, fear course through him for the first time ever in his life. Never had he felt the very core of himself clench with anxiety as he did in that situation. Never in his life had he ever feared anything. Even when he was crowned the Alpha King in front of his dead mother, he had not flinched neither had he stilled like he did now. Nikolai had always known that the weight of his destiny loomed over him like a storm cloud on the horizon. From the moment he was born, he was marked as an Alpha, destined to lead his pack with an iron fist. But it was the title of Alpha King that filled his nights with dread, a title that his mother had died to secure for him. He remembered the cold determination in her eyes as she beheaded his step sister, a cruel sacrifice to ensure his ascension. B
