I looked at him in silence, and then I gave a small, self-mocking laugh.
Five years.
Five years, and he had never once looked at me with those eyes.
"Alpha Kael."
My voice was soft, but the steel beneath it was unmistakable.
"Five years ago, you told me yourself,that this was nothing more than an arrangement. That your heart belonged elsewhere. That you would never mark me. That you only needed a mate in name to silence the talk of the pack."
I took the contract from the elder's hand and laid it back on the table between us.
"When the three-year term ended, I did not leave. I told myself, maybe a little longer."
I let the words hang.
"And now Mira has come back. The woman who lives in your heart,she has come home."
I lifted my chin and met his eyes.
"Alpha Kael, I am tired. This
