The Alpha's Lost Heir

tely filling her lungs, She closed her eyes, breathing it in deep. This is

oom for her to breathe. The rent was high, but she could manage. The bills in Cali

whispered to herself as she stood in front of t

e: forget

e: survive

ver, ever trus

was the occasional hum of the city in the distance. She walked through the ap

e were plain and cold, but as she walked around touching them, a

ind. The rent was $2300, and she had no intenti

ant jobs in San Diego . She wrote

. Her hair was pulled into a high ponytail, an easy look that gave her the confidence she need

me to look back. This was her future, a

ect. As she walked in, the secretary looked her up and down with a raised brow, but Sa

'm sorry, the website hasn't been updated. The position is actually for a c

't about to start cooking meals for a living. Not when she had so much mo

med luxury the moment she laid eyes on it. She stepped inside, feeling the f

need to ask too many questions. She had the perfect look. When the hiring manager came out and to

ations for this position," he said coolly. "You ca

d feel the cold sting of rejection, but she refused to let it control her. She w

of rec

as R

eath c

cked, everything around her seemed to blur. She could feel the pull betw

ollowed her, quick and sure. He caught up to her in a matter of seconds, grabbing

e no longer the reddish-brown she remembered. They were green now, glowing with

not h

ng to run, but he was faster, like unnaturally faster, his han

ly, but the words did nothing to ease her p

r known had broken promises. Her ex-husban

manded, her voice shaking despite

mething, but nothing came out. He looked con

s on your body?" he asked, hi

at had been glowing ever since she left New York? She nodded, quic

ot to this, Sasha. But you'll f

ounding in her chest. "

rm, making her feel a strange sense of calm despite every

"The last time I trusted so

You got the job." Th

used. "I didn't even mee

wing smile. "I'm the

leading her to a nearby coffee shop. They sat, sipping their drinks in silenc

s soon as they reached her apartment, she couldn't get out of the c

to the bed, burying her face in the pillow. She breathed out, trying to clear her

er head spun, dizziness gripping her l

t skipped a beat. She remembered the night with Ryan-everything

ged her clothes and caught a cab t

s of waiting, the doctor

adable expression. "But there's something strange about this pregnancy. The baby is gro

. "What does

ather. His DNA may explai

to tell Ryan. But would he e

, his reaction wasn

uld feel his frustration through the phone. "You don't understand how da

of fear. "What are

don't worry about i

ly's house-up a winding mountain road that seemed to go on forever. It was p

ere?" she asked, confu

deep in thought. Then, without warning, he turned

in disbelief

nes cracked , reforming, stretching into a colossal black wolf, bigg

the whole way u

ed in her chest

ipping over her own feet. She was dreaming. She

with sad, human eyes. Then he l

e thought, trembling as s

arrived at a hidden village, a place she never could have imagined. A place full of werewolves, more than a m

rm, others human, their eyes glowing faint

lung to

uldn't

human form, unfazed b

, shaking. "What...

he said. "Yo

eathe. "No. I'm

ore than

use, carved into the mountain

golden eyes, and a woman with shar

at Sas

Thomas. Alpha King.

ped forward

e heir of our bloodl

dea what you a

s trembled.

tle one. You're far more than that. An

, a roar echoed from the

face

homas said grimly.

but from the way everyone sudd

e coming

hammering, and the weight of her unborn child p

into a world no

was no g

han she could ever have imagined. A

s no longer just a regular woman. S

contin