The Alpha Lost Mate

a P

e the palace walls.I had just been r

y, when the air shifted when the bond I hadn't felt

d his cup,the steward barked an order, but his voice cracked halfway

oser, my hea

courtyard below. Even from

hugged his shoulders, and his cape snapped in the wind like a banner of war. The sun

ipped as I gasped

ears away,he

ill here, st

the window, forcing

"You! Girl! Take the refre

nked.

tray into my

d the guards, head down, the hallway closing around me

ne room doors just

removed his armor, now clad in a black high-collared tunic, etched with his father's cre

voice reached me,

were stationed here

king," someo

eno

't changed,co

ced, my face tilted just enough to remain

berate, until I reached the side table near the

" he sa

ll silent a

his eyes ga

round,"

ly, keeping

boots hit the stone like hammers, and

ust a few pa

your

rt gal

t,for the first

ards, not the courtiers, not the scent of pol

omething flickered,narrowing the

't reco

d longer tha

question. "Wha

d, barely abo

" he r

he'd once humiliated in front of

stretched, taut like th

r me,dirt-smudged

ow fur

" He paused.

I serve in the lower

d a seco

steppe

ave

d and

I heard him speak,not

a full report on every servant tak

ht,he was digg

ow corridor that ran behind the tapestry walls. My hand

now me, but

ze,it was enough to unearth

member the s

for a dance that never came. For a touch,a g

, "You're not my mate.

ame as the ballroom la

n his palace,but I remembered everything,I couldn't fo

ough halls, polishing rooms that hadn't been used in years. The warriors

through it all like

with his Beta,Leon. Once in the eastern corridor, his cloak

, my heart

his eyes bru

es, I felt t

it,a pull in the air,

w,but his wol

ejected me now wal

ger,tears still threaten

ou've done to me, Maximus,"