The Alpha's Chosen One

ment he stepped

air thickened with a strange, electric pull that wrapped

nd had

d nothing t

er the sacred ground. The scent of burning herbs mixed with the cool night b

lanned to

, I stood here like a statue - the Alpha with no mate, no weakness,

ess clearly had o

red jeans and a blood-stained shirt, eyes wide and da

in confusion. No one knew wh

lt the bond snap into place - rea

k a step before

n't be happeni

pled throug

is

part of o

s the A

ed, and the crowd

at I'd do. I was Alpha Selene Blackthorn. The youngest f

e had given

one, a

back on me with something that looked like panic. "I

" I said sharply. "Y

e like he didn

g with recognition, clawing inside my chest to get closer to him -

loud enough for everyone to hea

llowed hard. "Li

pack. No status. Just a na

el the mate pull surging between us, alive and pulsing with every hear

ed to

take," I said

s. That's what the Elders always said. Wh

e - unless

ion came w

ening," Liam said again, quiete

my voice steady. "It's the

ked. "B

for a long momen

d like I'd

t to earn respect in a world that believed only males were strong enough to lead. I had spilled bl

k for this,"

slumped. "Ne

unstoppable. I could feel his emotions like whispers in the back of my mind. Fear. Confusio

ed me more t

pproached cautiously. "Do

ve him? That would be

protest, and a sharp pa

rt him. Not withou

ke him to the guest win

ated. "Are

d he s

e, surprised. I

That N

I paced my room like a caged animal, restle

e house. One floor bel

a way I couldn't

aw his face. Not because I wante

choed fro

esitate. "

wer. His shirt was too big, borrowed from one of the guards. His eyes m

aid softly. "For

s," I said, my voice

came from. I just... woke up in the forest two d

ing me to stay cautious - but my heart

I said finally. "Bu

r w

be m

en whispered, "

ent shivers