I did not sleep properly after that night. My body was calm, relaxed even, but my mind refused to shut up. It kept replaying Harold’s hands on me, the way he looked at me as if I was the only star in his sky. The way he marked me, not once, but twice, as if making sure I never forgot that I belonged to him.But beneath all the warmth in my chest, fear curled like a soft shadow. Not fear of him, never that. Fear of everything else. Fear of the way this house. The faces that smiled at me with wrong intentions. The twin who looked like me.Morning light spilled around the room, warm and golden. Harold was still asleep, breathing softly beside me, one arm so heavy across my waist that I could barely move. I stared at him for a long time, unsure how a single man could look both so powerful and so peaceful at once. The Alpha. My Alpha now. I was thankful he was alive, I didn't know how he came out alive, with Kade, but I didn't want to ask. I tried to avoid details of the other day like a b
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