THE ALPHA KING'S MATE IS BEYOND THE MOON GODDESS

Viorica

neath my knees, but the silence

pers filling the grand hall. Some hid their smiles behind ivory

Prince Cyprian-Doric Hagi, the

ct royal heir. His icy-blue eyes, however, held no warmth. He looked at me as

the hall. "By the authority of my bloodline and the consen

st the marble and forced

tinued. "We believed your bloodline possessed the divine g

read throug

someon

r bloodline offers nothing to my kingdom. My borders are failing, and I

doubt, defended him when the court questioned his judgment, and belie

y nothing

ed. "In the sacred groves, you pro

ssion did

those worthy of

r ritual blade

re than a broken engagement. It would strip me of my royal standi

and let his blood f

romise and cast you out of the Silver Spire. You are n

t wrist before I

pressed against m

ng. Tears blurred my vision, but I refused to let them fall. Not here.

sed me, I caught myse

he place where our pr

n turn

ove her from

t even l

the skirt of my black gown, I walked down the central aisle alone.

them

d, soaking my clothes before I reached

hind me, I stopped on the muddy roa

bbed with eve

h my future. He had repaid that trust by tu

of that foolish

resh scar and let the pain remin

ver bow to

Not to a council.

orests of the Carpathians and walked aw

Years

n Citadel, but the King's private war room was warm,

hern trade routes. My black silk suit fitted ne

iet for twenty

oked

his mahogany desk, his dark hair slightly di

trusted my judgment, and understood that the girl who had arrived at

risks of tomorrow's d

came aroun

el the summit. We don't need his treaty, and I won'

"His kingdom is weakening. His ancestral magic is dying, his

ed up

anged these negotiations, and

e touched Lu

ruthless s

y what lif

d briefly to my

e said quietly. "And he'll learn that you're no lo

answer, the d

strode inside, rain drippi

egation has arrived early. They w

expressio

ttacke

lse." Radu glanced at me. "Prince Cyprian brought a

row

red relic to a p

d the moment he ente

t evening, Radu looked

within these walls. One tha

siness settled

re you

" Radu swallowed. "The seal didn't simpl

ough he no longer knew

by a title no one ha

ened around the

rst Sov