Alpha Kingsley POV
I didn’t walk, I moved fast.
The corridors of the Blood Manor blurred past me as my mind replayed everything I had just felt in that room.
Her face, her silence, and that scent.
That damn scent.
It clung to her like a stain I couldn’t erase, no matter how many times I inhaled her memory.
And above all, her ability to resist my Alpha command.
My jaw tightened as I climbed the stairs toward the master bedroom.
Each step felt heavier than the last, yet I was eager to confront her. I needed to get to the root of all this. I needed to know whose scent that was.
“When did she leave the manor?” I asked myself.
I knew what I was about to do was wrong.
And yet… I couldn’t stop myself.
Argon was restless inside me.
“You’re losing control,” he growled.
“I am in contro
