Ella POVI felt oddly numb as I watched my kidnapper drive away. Alexander had just let him goâno, he had practically ordered him to leave. And as much as I wanted to feel outraged, I simply couldnât. It was as if I should have expected it.After everything that had happened in the past few days...
Silence fell between us, heavy and suffocating. Alexander kept his eyes on the road, his face unreadable. But I could see his jaw clench, his shoulders rigid as he absorbed my words.âIf you really believed that,â Alexander said, his voice calm but piercing, âit would be incredibly dangerous for you
Ella POVI could hardly speak for the rest of the drive. My mind was reeling from so many things, but mostly from the fact that Alexander was finally going to talk to me. He was finally going to tell me what the hell had been going on.As much as I had wanted thisâas much as I had begged him for ans
âI canât really blame her for treating me the way she does,â he continued with a shrug. âMaybe thatâs why I do my best to ignore her comments. When my dad died, she wanted her brother to take over the pack temporarily since Michael and I were both so young... but I refused. There was no way I was go
Ella POVâAfter my father died and I took the title of Alpha, I was contacted by the Alpha King of the Northern Kingdom,â Alexander said.âWhat?â I blurted out, unable to contain my shock. What possible connection could the King of the Northern Kingdom have to Alexander or his pack? It was absurd...
I felt the blood drain from my face. âYou... you canât be the Ice King,â I stammered, but the look on his face told me everything.The legendary crime lord of the Roguelands. The one rumored to be more powerful than any Alpha... it was Alexander.âThatâs why they were scared of you,â I whispered. âT
Alexander POVI sat in my office with an untouched cup of coffee in front of me, steam curling from the mug in lazy spirals. My laptop sat open but dark, its blank screen reflecting my hollow expression. I had work to do. There was always work to do.But I couldnât focus.What I had just done was re
August sighed, rubbing his forehead. âI get it. We couldnât risk her accidentally exposing everything. You told her... everything?ââEverything.ââWell, shit,â August muttered under his breath. âWhat do we do now?ââIâm not sure,â I admitted. âI trust her, so I donât think thereâs anything else to d
Ella POVThe night we had been working towards for so long was finally here. It didnât seem real, but it was finally happening.It was election night.All day Alexander and I had been answering questions from reporters and making phonecalls to voters, hoping to get as many people as possible to show
He glanced at me, a knowing look passing between us. We would face whatever came next together.After dinner, Sabrina and Alexander took Lexie up to get ready for bed. She wanted a bedtime story from Alexander and he seemed happy to do it.Once we were alone in the living room, my mother pulled me t
Ella POVAlexander and I spent the day in my familyâs packlands with Lexie, a rare moment of peace before the election.The official statement revealing Lexieâs identity had been carefully craftedâAlexander had asked for privacy for her sake.The response had been mixed, but most people saw it as a
âIt does,â Elizabeth said. âBut people also fear what they donât understand. Alexander has spent years in the shadows. Half of what heâs done is still a secret. People donât know that heâsâĶâ she hesitated, looking away for a moment. âNow, theyâre being asked to trust him with the kingdom.â She sighe
Ella POVI sat across from Elizabeth at a quiet restaurant, a half-empty glass of wine in front of me. The air between us was lighter than it had been in months, but there was still an unspoken tensionâa lingering wound that was still healing.Elizabeth had taken the revelations about Alexander, Dav
Ella POVThe news of Ironfangâs arrest tore through the kingdom like wildfire. Fear gripped the people as they learned the horrifying truthâpowerful figures within their own government had been working with the North.For years, the enemy had been closer than anyone had realized, pulling strings in
Alexander POVI stood before the King, my body still weak from the poison, but my mind sharp and steady. Ella stood at my side, her presence grounding me, a silent promise that we would face whatever came next together.I could feel the weight of her gaze on me, the quiet strength she offered just b
Ella POVIt took several days before Alexander could stay awake for more than a few minutes at a time.Those days felt like an eternity to me, sitting at his bedside, watching the slow rise and fall of his chest, hoping for any sign of improvement. The doctors assured me that the worst had passed, b
The Kingâs orders were not something you ignored. And though I had no desire to leave Alexanderâs side, I couldnât risk further angering the Kingâespecially when I had no idea what he would do with the information I had.Still, my resolve weakened as she glanced at Alexander one last time. âHeâll be