chapter 10

Someone was coming.

Her eyes snapped, she sat up and looked at the timepiece she had set on the table next to her bed; 5 o'clock and ten minutes. It was a gift from Brenda when she had turned eighteen, it was a small clock engraved in a wood carving of an Alpha wolf.

Its purpose was to remind her of who she was but whenever she looked at it she mostly saw how weak she was, an Alpha who can't shift.

How perfectly embarrassing.

Seconds later she heard a knock on the door.

"Enter."

"My King." A servant entered with 6 others in tow and bowed.

"Speak."

"We bear gifts from your admirers."

When she heard who the admirers were she scoffed.

Just as she had expected.

At six o'clock and two minutes the door opened and someone entered.

She didn't need to look up to know who it was, much to her dismay she sensed him, felt his presence.

As soon as he entered he noticed her first of course, wearing a black morning gown sitting at her table one leg resting atop the other while she signed and