Secret Marriage Contract with The Alpha

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e, she stared out the window at the changing landscape, the trees thickening as they penetrated the depths of the forest. The road became more and more winding, and the

osal than the arrangements came together with disconcerting speed. It seemed like everything was orchestrated, as if the pack members were just waiting for

ost menacing, with its gray stone walls and tall towers reaching into the sky. She felt tension building in her chest. She couldn't tell

ned the car door. He greeted her with a simple nod, but his eyes, full of gravity, immediately made her u

asked in a neutral, al

tation. As soon as she crossed the threshold, the sound of the doors closing behind her ech

nst the stone floor. Everywhere she looked, she saw faces staring at her briefly before looking away, as if afraid to meet her gaze. These faces, although discreet, looked at her

y doesn't know what she's getting herself into yet... If she only knew." The words were like a stab, but

strangers waited in silence. Lyse's eyes darted around the room, instinctively searching for a familiar face, but she recognize

der the shadow of a hood, revealing only the hardness of his jaw and the outline of his face. He was the Alpha. This man she was going to marry, but whom sh

y he hasn't been quite the same since that injury...

: a distant, unpredictable being, with a mysterious and perhaps violent past. She wondered for a moment if she had made a terrible mi

business exchange. The Alpha spoke a few words in a deep voice, without raising his head to meet his

observe him more closely, but his face remained barely visible, his hood covering his features in a mysterious darkness. She only caught a glan

the union. And it was done. Lyse felt a strange wave of dizziness grip h