Fated for the Alpha

the large, stone chamber, her wolf bristling under the suffocating weight of the pack's scen

a figure Cassia didn't recognize. She could feel his presence like

lian asked, his voic

rred man with piercing blue eyes cast Cassia

Cassia's heart skipped a b

eyes locking onto hers. "You've ca

here," she shot back, her vo

shrink around them. "No, but running from m

d at her sides. "What

low, predatory. "Answ

"I don't know what yo

g colder. "Don't play games with me, Cassia. You ran fr

ow much did he know? Ho

sons," she sa

ressing down on her like a vice. "You'll t

shrink beneath his dominance.

ng. "I don't have to force you. You'll tell me because

a visceral pull that made her wolf whimper in submission. She s

she said, her voice tr

dangerous sound. "You t

or burst open, and a young woman

n?" she demanded, her green eyes n

ng hostility radiati

said, his tone h

talking closer to C

," Killian replied, s

her lips curling in a sneer.

an's growl silenced any re

, his voice a com

yes narrowing further

exhaled a breath she hadn't

ours?" she a

sement. "Lena's loyal. Sometim

If Lena was the least of her problems, sh

ssion unreadable. "You'll be watche

efiance sparking in he

more wolf than man.

een locked in. The walls were bare stone, and the single window was ba

She needed to escape before she was suffocated by th

etween the instinct to flee and t

wolf seemed to crave his p

attention, and her head

aked open, revealing a figure

inside. It was the same scarred man fro

" she whispered, h

is gaze scanning the room. "Yo

ion flickering across

pression unreadable. "

art st

ead," she said, h

th regret. "But there's something you n

ckened. "What are

door. "You were framed, Cassia. Fo

t, the room spin

pered, her voice

"They set you up. And if you don't find out

the weight of his words

nd slipped out the door, leaving her alone