Alpha Kei’s POV
Queen me?
For a moment, I genuinely wonder if I misheard her.
Me.
Alpha of the strongest pack in the kingdom. The wolf who defeated his own father before most men earned their first scar. The one other Alphas measure themselves against in private and flatter in public.
Queen?
The word lands like a slap across my face.
No.
Like a challenge thrown at my feet in front of a thousand watching eyes.
The heat that had been coursing through my veins only seconds ago vanishes so abruptly it almost feels violent. Desire drains from my body. My c**k, so painfully hard a breath ago, softens without mercy.
Disgust climbs up my throat.
Not at her. At the implication.
My hands drop from her waist as if I’ve touched fire. I take an instinctive step back, my wolf surging to the
