Dump the Alpha, Mated to the King

ly fell off a cliff and die

per body was wrapped in bandages, and bare

received the news: her husband, Alpha Adrian

ing to the hospital, only to walk in and find her severely

m still alive, aren't I?" Adr

ely remembered my birthdays. You've never once bought me a proper bouquet. And today, you nearly threw your life

d, his jaw tightening. "She's Draven's wid

r laugh that held no humor. "She's been here three months, Adrian. Three months,

and through her grief, and I stayed silent. But today? Today you

voice dropping to some

truth. Is this about Draven. or is there

ed before sh

across her cheek,

" he snarled. "Look at yourself. Do

hing compared to the hollow ache splitting open in her chest. They had dated fo

s walked into

ything s

h her. No matter how busy things got with the pack, that was their small ri

last time she'd seen his shadow

Draven's memory. Taking care of his widow was the honorable

ings began

's jaw just because the man stood t

lls for an entire night-for accide

ortant political event of the year-simply b

needed him to rage on her behalf, to break rules just to hold her close, he'd alwa

, he had become e

e bond still pulsing somewhere deep in her ches

room stretched into someth

Ivy m

ra noticed with a sick twist of her stomach. Her eyes were glistening, wet and

ould actually-" A small, shuddering breath. "If this is causing trouble betw

e flowers like

gers curled just slightly tighter around the stems before lettin

xactly what

s, stained with her husband's bloo

ke them?" Mira sai

e flowers fro

d across the floor

too timed-and stumbled backward, her body tilting as if Mira had

!" Ivy c

eding through half his stitches-lunged from the bed and caught Ivy before she could hit the ground

sterile walls. "What the hell is wr

e had never once turned on he

d her." Mira's voice was cold now, but her hands w

ng the back of her head. "You're jealous. Petty. Vindictiv

s chest, but not before Mira caught

r chest for three months suddenly went quiet. Not because

eerily calm now. "I don't have Luna grace. I don't

nked.

between them. The ring rolled once, twice, then lay still at his feet. "If I'm s

igid. "You do

t laugh. "Don't tell me you actually

ne and the inheritance they left behind meant she would never lack the

his gaze with something she hadn't

a Vale,

t you

om. His wolf surged to the surface, pupils bleeding

ond," he snarled, each w

anted to spit the words at h

ody would

ocked her limbs, sealed her throat, turned her rebellion into ash. She had carved those vo

or a

st like regret passing through the gol

g to his Beta. "Take the Luna h