Ki

at of power. One would think that being the Alpha King would give enoug

" mother whispers into my ear for the third

she accepts a dance from Alpha Dorian of the North Pack, and covers her lips shyly to hide her blush. M

ike her much. I do, though I can't h

to do with what I think. It's all for the best of the pack. And r

g the drinks being served. It's

ncel the selection and

t'd cause an uproar with the packs if they thou

incident with that mad woman. It'd be easier to make a pick now and send the r

arious thing I've heard in a long time. She'd challenged me and Zephyr had gotten excited, forcing me to make that stu

ress. You stare in them and you get trapped. You stare in them and you want to please her. It had me

she be

ches don

ld have that much power in a single gaze. It r

, I need

*****

e hands it to me. It doesn't matter how many times I tell him not to bother. After I

cks with so many beautiful women around." He pauses, sipping from his drink

drink. "Helen's too meek for Ki

eyes searching the crowd for another opti

e to make a choice no

lushing and adjusting their bodice so that their breasts look more invitin

dying myself for a conversation with Moira when Ran

ops moving. The music pauses. Everything and everyone stops to

I seek to find who has everyone in a daze

blood. Woven into it intricately are threads of gold, spreading out like the tendrils of ivy that crawl

ist is surreal in that corset and my fingers furl and unfurl as

step reveals a dangerously high slit that exposes moon-wh

sk. Her eyes, however...and th

arts, making way for her. Those eyes are trained on me,

rce mine. She lowers her head into a graceful bow and her light,

lph

ong and I find myself ans

ly certain I have seen before, though I am not of enough presence to n

Dance with her,

not dance with this woman. I take a step forwa

pearing on either sides of her cheeks, and rather th

t more humiliated in my entire life than when she sto