ALPHA'S HIDDEN MATE

't sleep t

s wide open as thunder rolled across the hills outside. Her fingers kept tracing the folded scrap

kwood had s

ed. Not c

ok

had sent a strange heat to her chest. Not fear. Not exactl

A dull ache pulsed there, not physical. Familiar, though

her servants stirred, yawning and grumbling about the rain. But Elara moved quietly, brushing h

Alpha himself

dn't slep

from the morning's downpour, fists striking the post again and

ing," Markus

didn'

marriage. You didn't have to beat the life

ered another blow, breath ragged.

the future Alpha. If anyone can

ed back, flexing his knuckles. And it g

n approached, lowering his voice.

lence was a

ed. Wait...

s my

ed, rubbing his fa

at him. Don't

st said she's been working here for a year

d darkly. And that

tops, where the storm c

ce here,he added. Like she was hidden, n

about S

nched. I'll deal

the binding ceremony. If you don't find a

y politics,Lucien growled. Even i

gue. He knew bet

, whispers traveled

vant girl. That he looked at her like a man starved. That

rs delicately brushing through auburn curls. Her eyes are cold and calcula

The waif in the stables with dirt

Lucien's react

ze had lingered. How his smile are rare as

in her, low and irritated. She hadn't waited this long, play

rl would be

ng the

urried in mo

le girl,Seraphina said smoothly. I want he

nt bowed

rned to her mi

me had

mare's trough. She hadn't been summoned, not yet,

more. Whispers

d in her world, that

toward the servant quarte

ssed a

urned,

uddy from the training yard. He looked tired. Wetter than us

corner of the stall,

but he stepped forward, stopping

ound me,he said.I want t

ed, then sl

her jaw. The way her eyes scanned exits.

been

d softly. Where you came from? W

r gaze. Then she

n... sh

d her

ith silver hair screaming her name. A burning cr

gainst the stall. Lucien cau

see?he asked,

rds came. Just a breath. A whi

ms tightene

ietly but fiercely. Even if I have to rip

led again,but this time,

tower no one visited, a locked

odstained letter shift