Katherine’s POV
I reached back, my fingers trembling as I touched the skin where the lashes had been just minutes ago.
The pain was gone.
The stinging, the heat, and the soreness—all of it had vanished. My skin felt smooth, replaced by a strange, tingling warmth that came from him.
I looked at my fingers; there was no blood. It was like he had literally erased the evidence of my parents' cruelty with a single touch.
I glanced at him, my eyes wide with genuine admiration. I had lived five years with Nikolai, and he had never once offered to heal even a scratch on my finger.
He had let me suffer while he played the "Perfect Alpha." But this monster... this man people were terrified of... he had just taken away my agony without me even asking.
Alexander didn't look away. He leaned ba
