Chapter 51: Enduring the First Night

-AURE-

The door to the Alpha’s quarters closed with a heavy thud. I winced at the sound that echoed through the torchlit chamber. It was like a final sentence to our conversation.

Alpha Mason was gone, leaving me alone in a room that was like a carefully crafted cage. It was a prison wrapped in slick stone and gold and accents.

His lingering scent, a mix of pine and dominance, still lingered in the air, a consistent reminder of my predicament.

Silence descended, and it was heavy and absolutely suffocating.

I took a deep, shaky breath, the furious adrenaline of our confrontation ebbing away. It left a cold pit of dread in my stomach.

The fear for my mother, so carefully hidden during our exchange, now threatened to overwhelm me.

Fragile. Alone. His words were a venomous echo in my mind. He hadn't just taken me; he had taken the one thing I valued most and dangled it just out of my reach.

My mother’s safety, my very freedom, were now tied to his whim.

This is a trap for something m