Night had settled properly over the Pack by the time Nyssa made her way to theAlpha's chamber, tray balanced against one hip, exhaustion sitting heavy in herbones.Thalia wasn't there.She noticed it the moment she stepped inside - the absence of perfume, of laughter.Just the Alpha, seated near the window, parchment scattered across the small tablebefore him, candlelight catching the sharp line of his face."You're late." He said, without looking up."Forgive me, my lord. I was held up in the kitchen.""Held up doing what?"She set the tray down, arranging his meal the way she always did - soup, meat, thesmall mug of tea he never finished but always demanded."Lady Agnes neededhelp. One of the younger maids burned the evening stew.""That's not my problem.""No, my lord."He glanced up now, finally, something unreadable crossing his face. She lookedtired. He could see it plainly - the shadows beneath her eyes, the slump in hershoulders she usually worked hard to hide from
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