Banished By The Alpha King: Claimed By The Lycan Beast

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like

n. I staggered back a step in the dimly lit servants' corridor, the tray of silver goblets clatt

help the maids prepare the ballroom as your contribution to the Grand Mating Ball. If you ca

treated with the same distant indifference most gave to a low-ranking wolf who hadn't shifted yet. Liora had always been the one to assign my tasks, brushing her hair, fetching her gowns, helping with preparations like tonight but even she

ed, lowering my gaze to the stone

emerald gown and swept away, leaving the fai

m was arriving for the mating ceremony? I had always done what was asked. I kept my head down. I never complained

-sharp smile. "You will assist the maids today, Elara. It's important that everything looks perfect. You understand, don't y

, Lunas in jewel-toned gowns, unmated daughters laughing behind gloved hands. I slipped among them like a shadow, tray balanced, offering

et. I was easily mistaken as a human most times. I even began to see myself as one since no

y senses were

. Raw earth and lightning. It wrappe

hampagne splashed cold across my wri

tray

g explosion across the marble. L

pped like a

eye

m, silver eyes

Black hair swept back, jaw like carved stone, midnight silk clingin

gaze

onated i

ed low and insistent between my thighs. My nipples tightened against the damp fabric, visible

a

my head, deep, po

ght the edge of a nearb

ack. His claws flexed, scraping faintly against his palms. I felt his

down from

. Tw

rowd

moved

ng perfectly, smile dazzling. Her fingers curled a

"forgive the clumsiness. It's only my handmai

sharp, almost triumphant. The same look she sometimes wore when no one e

her, it was almost as

patch clinging to my breasts, over the rapid rise and fall of my chest, over the

Hated how his gaze made my

ip cu

ice low and cutting, carrying to e

ing else-overwhelming, intoxicating. Close enough that I could see

d once-bright, desper

dy rule beside me." He said, amused and voice slightl

lms," he declared, loud and final, "reject you, err.

ord s

I gasped, doubling over. Blood trickled from my nose,

erupted a

lips brushing his ear, murmuring something soft.

dn't d

ned a

orridors, then cold night air as I burs

welled again, laughte

I felt it, his gaze

ious. Un