Alpha's Claim

i

n the Dramen manor

kno

akfast

struc

ing - long, deep, and mournful

t falling from my shoulders. The room was dim, the curtai

oment to remem

s warm, fai

ai

o a black servant uniform that had appeared outside my doo

nrise. You will not speak unless spoken to. You

de something twis

d co

been allowed t

I here

nment? S

ething

, dark stone and moonlit silence. Everything echoed.

music. No laughter. It was as if joy ha

chen I met

dn't sp

few had faded bite marks on their shoulders, and I noticed how

d Evan's n

him only "

y in a flash black coat and silver-rin

udin

just fill a room. It

e kitchen, his gaze flicked in - just o

dn't

new he

kn

back flared, hot as lig

, sleep di

ring low. I couldn't stop hearing the words of the staff, whispering u

ring twen

he'll make it

cine two months ago ... say

ithout warning. No

e rumou

He wasn't just

reparing

I slipped from my bed

A shadow moved near the cliff edge - broad shoulde

v

lone. Shir

y. His body shook-as if some

th

crea

ike a

gh human skin, mourning s

om the window, ha

ainst the mark on my wris

first time

I hadn't felt sin

e

w, ancie

being b

being

to something I d

ing po

hing

y, very

et him before the