Dump the Alpha, Mated to the King

d held i

ehind him. They knew their Alpha

able to resist a chance to

barrass yourself in front of the su

back, giving

n years. Not since her father died. Not since the rogues h

's voice echoe

ira. It's about nerve. Make them fl

ed into t

grinning. "Ready when

in. And move

ne l

hisper of movement-and her

Mira was already gone, twisting under his arm like smoke t

face we

It was a lesson. And every Al

al stance. No more measured strikes. He came at her

heart

had always talked about. The

etched arm, and pressed her palm flat

re

le

eady, and inclined her head. "T

or a woman humiliating one of their own-but in murmurs

est heaving, his face a mas

ra thought he might a

expressio

. "Tricks. No true wo

"A Sterling fights like that.

You think I'm going to kneel? For you? For a

ure in the r

uietly. "Fairly. In front of your

A real Alpha doesn't take

d out hi

ned to ice. "Wha

"Let's see what he thinks of his Luna sneaking around summ

N

ged for

inates closed in-one grabbing her arms, the other stepping betwee

lt," she hisse

s politics, little Ster

the phone

the room

cient. A shadow that had weight and will, pressing

a dropped

hoice. B

tantly, their faces pale, their wolves cowering in their chests. Even Mira-espec

spered. 'Subm

e didn

tu

hall, framed by the grand doo

King

st pur

hair was silver-white, pulled back from a face that belonged on an ancient coin: sharp, beautiful, and utterly without mercy. His eye

s voice low and terrible, "expecting to

pped f

before him like wa

ing to honor a fair challenge. And threatening to call her husband-" He

his face the color of aged cheese.

len

not loud. It did

m his nose. Evren's dominance pressed down on him like a fis

held it

urned t

er mother's pearls at her throat, the defiant set

ng daughter," he sa

hter of William and Catherine. And I came here

-thick enough to cut, silent enough

vren s

the smile of someone who had not been surprised in a ver

ention," he said

marble floor, and walked directly toward the private corridor at the far end of th

early gave ou

ally sa

horne remained on his knees, already forgotten. The other Alphas watched her pass with exp

not lo

ng shut behind her-sealing her away from the summit, and plac

waves-thick, ancient, suffocating. Any other wolf walking beside the Lycan King for this long would

clenched the fa

ep breathing. Yo

r to submit, to kneel, to flee. The blood vow in her chest pulsed with every step,

id no

silver, depicting a great wolf standing beneath a crescent moon. Guards f

pt her face, her trembling hand

he sm

Sterling name,"

lders beneath a tailored charcoal coat. A servant appeared from nowhere-silent, efficient-and caug

rs swun

epped inside without waiting. "