airio

questioned sounding a bit appalled, his vo

answer im

and jagged enough to expose bone, had v

when I kissed her wasn't the slow,

e of the rare ones the prophecy described. But t

utiously as he s

his head dipping low a

is brow furrowed as he looked up at me. "There is

I agreed, my vo

umanness but there are questions ab

h Atticus, not until I

ed over at the two dead w

weren't regular wolves; they were much bigger and more aggressive, like Betas. They h

ness?" Atticus wondered out loud,

d the trees as if he expected more attackers to jump out at any m

ss. I was ambushed and hence, take

e to being weak. But look at the timing, my King. They

ink about the possibility of betrayal, nor did I want to d

n on my histo

or not is irrelevant," I

them," Atticus responded deadpan with heavy sarcas

o dared to speak to me

early touching the woman's damp c

for a moment, hi

ticus said sympathetically

my eyes fixed on h

d, his tone shifting back to the reality of my

nd picked up, as if motivated by my words. "Send for the elders and the Alphas tomorrow. I want a

us asked, his eyes dar

her small body. She felt much lighter than I

ir falling over my arm like silk. The stark contrast between my

The forest seemed to part for us, the trees looming like quiet guar

pace with me, his boots squishing loudly in the mud. "Just

of reason, the advisor who alw

He hadn't seen the way her

s road is miles from any human settlement. A woman in flats and a diner

slowly getting annoyed by his relentless que

he dark, her eyes wide with a terror she had

t point, and yet she had

y. He had been with me long enough to know when I was leav

astle's silhouette emerging t

her," I sa

et in the stillness between the th

ure shock that he couldn't stop. He stumb

belief. "Even my wolf couldn't stand it. A Lycan King... a human...

Atticus," I said, turnin

m me to the woman,

aning over her as w

awe. "A human shouldn't be able to handle that kind of energ

ead as we trudged the path. Attic

the air. "Look at her. She is fading. Either you leave her for d

him as we made our way up the s

. I am aware." I