C13 The Alpha’s Terms

Aria

The feast might have ended, but the Alpha Lodge still thrummed with tension.

Even after the Pack drifted out, the memory of sitting at the head table forced there by Lucian while Helena’s hostile gaze dug into me left my nerves on edge. The whole hall felt like a blade I had to breathe carefully around.

Helping Lyra to her room was the first time all night I felt like myself again