The Alpha's Human Maid

rrived lik

s wake. Servants, guards, and maids alike froze mid-step when w

ane... h

nching. "No... no... this can't be real!" she wailed, clutching at the air as if she could pull him back from the shadowed forest

r-strong, unyielding, untouchable-was dead. The thought struck him harder than any blow ever coul

g her arms around him, trying to ho

grief and anger that pierced the night. The sound was raw, guttural, primal-the mourning of

ould not process the torrent of emotion washing over her. She had barely known him as mor

ed, her voice cracking

ere swollen and red. She looked at Asher and Alessia, and then at the remaining pack members.

the absence of Alpha Zane. The halls, once alive with his presence, now felt hollow, hau

lmed by the magnitude of the loss. Alessia's grip on Asher loosened as

he grief of the Night Walker Pack far and wide. Even the wind seemed

Her eyes, usually warm and calm, were now cold, burning with fury. "You... you brought

hought it would just be a quick walk

. "Your father is dead, Alessia! Do you know why he

struck her. Her hands shook violentl

of the chair she gripped. "She disobeyed. She left the palace. She endangered every

r. "I-It was my idea! I told her to come! It's

out there, captured by rogues, and Alessia had been the one to lead

e pack added their voices to the chorus, responding to the grief of their fallen Alpha. They

not hear them, could not know of the pain she had caused-

before. "She is poison," the Luna said softly, almost to herself. "She has

tensified. "No...

sank into a nearby chair, burying her face in her hands. "And now... now the

new deep down she couldn't defend Hazel here-not against a wom