All Chapters of The Alpha’s 99 Days Surrogate : Chapter 11 - Chapter 12

The scent of cheap perfume and desperation hit the air before she even opened her filthy mouth to speak. I was in the armory, strapped into a corset that braced my ribs against the child’s violent pulsing, when I felt the shift in the Keep’s energy. Killian wasn't with me. He was in the study, and I could feel his heartbeat. A heavy thud that had become my own, reacting to an intruder. I didn't rush. The Silver light in my veins told me exactly where everyone was. In the study, Selene had shed her white fox furs. She stood in the center of the room in a silk slip that left nothing to the imagination, her hair arranged in the same messy waves I usually wore. She looked like a cheap imitation of a Queen. "Killian," she breathed, her voice dripping with fake submission as she stepped toward him. "You’re the Lycan King. You shouldn't have to settle for a worthless Wolfless dud. My father only sent Vespera because he was afraid I was too precious to lose. But I’m here now. I can give y