A Cold Cage

“Are you really sure about this?” Alex asked Dimitri as he returned to the mansion. “Putting her

there will delay the ritual even further.”

“She needs to learn her lesson.” Dimitri replied, “Had we not found out, she would have successfully escaped. No one escapes me!”

Alex was silent. He knows that the ritual would not be successful if the sacrifice is not willing.

But he also wants to perform the ritual before the week is over. No one wants to experience the curse again. He knows that Dimitri is aware of that, but he also knows about his Alpha’s pride. They grew up together and he has been Dimitri’s Steward and Beta since they began living in the castle, and he knows that Dimitri will never change his mind, especially when a woman just tried to run away from him.

Finally giving up and realizing that trying to change his Alpha’s mind is pointless, Alex excused

himself and left for the courtyard. There was only one thing that he can