All Chapters of The Alpha’s Untamed Beast is: Chapter 61 - Chapter 63

LYRA'S POVThe first thing I notice when I wake up isn't the sunlight creeping through the curtains, it's the weight, steady and warm, resting across my waist.Ethan's arm.I freeze, not because I don't want to be here, but because my body has decided it likes the feeling too much. His breath is slow, deep, brushing the back of my neck in a rhythm that can lull me back to sleep if I let it.But I can't. I need to pee damnit!Carefully, I slide from under his arm, the mattress dipping and sighing as if it disapproves. My bare foot touches the cool floor, and for a moment, I stand there, staring at him.Even asleep, he looks... unshakeable. The faint crease between his brows has softened, but the man is still an Alpha, jaw set, shoulders broad like the world can drop on him and he'll just hold it there.My bladder urges me to get moving and I move to do so.That's when I notice it. Something peeking out from under the bedside lamp close to his side of the bed.A chain. Silver, dull from

ETHAN'S POVLucien's voice comes through the line, flat but with an edge that makes my shoulders tighten. "She's here at nightshade." He says.Relief pricks my chest, only for it to sour immediately at the tone he uses. "And?" I ask, pacing the length of my office. "When are you bringing her back?"A pause. Too long. "She doesn't want to come."My hand stills on the desk. "What do you mean she doesn't have want to–""She refused, Ethan. Point blank. Said she's not ready to leave yet."I pinch the bridge of my nose, forcing myself to breath. "Where the hell has she been, Lucien?"The fuck did he mean she didn't want to come back?What had happened to the guards that had been assigned to take her to the retreat center?"That's the problem." His voice drops lower. "She won't say. Won't even look me in the eye when I ask. Something's off."I feel that old, familiar churn in my gut... warning, mistrust the feeling that there were pieces of this game I couldn't see yet. "If she refuses to c