ALPHA AND I

n's

and raise my h

hired had just pinched a hairpin into my

s annoyed, as is his voice when he shouts, "What in heaven's name are

r cares. I stare at myself in the mirror for a few s

ince I was little a soft smile. I have to leav

ide the carriage, waiting fo

y face, I see my best friend, Alsie. She is also Alpha's Stream's daug

. I wish I cou

ge a thing. I would still suffer where I am go

Alpha Streams yells at us, "A

You're

. Always remember that." I wa

eeing she is about to cry, I s

lsie's face as she sees me leaving her—by no agreement of mine, of course—and imag

, and there has been no discussio

idered with. The chemise is punishably tight, pressing against my body such that I feel as though I am

urs. Do you care to say anything?" Speaks

s, to serve him for the rest of life, my life's goal now useless, and yet I am suffocating in this stupid gown

annot wait to see the Alpha King with this b

be obedient when we get there. You are not to speak unless spoken to and asked to talk. You must do everything you can to claim the Alpha King's attention. I know you have got

ld She-wolf, who is yet to change into her wolf.

jecting his stepdaughter t

tepfather. We have arrived. My nerves h

re, and it is as th

my hand, and we wa

m. There are guards around and maids scurrying p

he room, and instantly, I bow my head, as too, my st

second, asking, "Wh... what is the meaning

ng, "I have brought my stepdaughter, as reques

u," she directs at my stepfather, "can leave the castle. The crown shall ho

ettling into my ears, a guard I didn't see next t

t he isn't even looking my way. He is s

l bet

as though it doesn't have an end. When I entered, I noticed every other maid

re you

o protect you and pract

hun my lips. This must

looks me in the eye. "Tell me

, sub-Lunas, and all werewolf species." H

to tell me certain things. I hate him alre

ing." It sounds like a pain in my lips to state that devil's title: "And if you don't tell me

pha King Aarav's wing. There, you'd b

ce to think, so I did one thing that would distract this pest. I tore

n't even asked for. I am in a library, and it seems silent. I res

hould just

rn's, except that I do not need to before I can tell you are about to pass out?" Rhetorically questions a m

man in a gray linen shirt, his chest poking out of the shirt

ich almost takes on the same shade as mine, as

his is the Alpha King's stepbrother. My stepfather did t

ing smile and s

or

d not know

of trouble right now." He tells me and nods his he

was able to give the top-ranked guard some trouble, and to

ow if I am

y ask?" H

k in the hallway I ran away from earlier, and it is dead silent. When he noticed my unea

ue walking. I think

me about the

out him?" He answers me

I did not think I could b

r soon-to-be husband by yourself." He stops in his steps. "It is nice t

eir throat from behind

and his brows raise. He mustn't h

ys, opening the door

your ac

ll talk more, your highness," are his

e of the room I am in. Oh, goodness. I love it. It's so fa

dumping myself into it. It shoots me right back, and I la

preciate, and that is beauty, and speaking of beauty

hat I've heard about him. Perha

ing how my beauty sleep would be tonight when, all of a sudde

says Arley. For real, I can recognize his voice,

in the

at." His voice sounds deadly powerful, like he is some contr

this not because you actually want to capture th

at

confirm that

tell he is an aggressive t

uld be asleep, I gu

not about to talk too m

sees in that chick who hasn't even turned into her own wolf yet. She's weak to the throne, and trust me, she would be nothing

and a part of me wishes to break down. I am a failure. Even the one to

with the bedshee

you regret what you've said." Arley

d for over seventy years. Why would I n

pain. I will make an agreement. He doesn't want me, and

t through with th