Morvienne's whole body flinched as the shout hit both her and the room like a physical force.
Her shoulders jerked up and her breath came out in a quick, uneven hitch as she stared at him, eyes wide and glassy.
Then the fear registered.
Her legs moved before her brain did, backward, then another.
She was putting a distance between them with tiny, awkward shuffles as her face had gone paler than it already was, the color drained from her cheeks and her lower lip trembling.
"Alpha—" she began, her voice barely audible as the words came out pleadingly.
"Don't," Kael stopped her, not softening. "Don't ever go into my room again, especially without my permission. I do not allow anyone into my room or my private space, talk less about strangers, which is what and who you are. So, don't
