The air in the king’s private study crackled like a lightning strike. Cassian stared at his own palm, his chest heaving under his tailored uniform, before lifting his gaze back to mine. His eyes were still burning amber, wild and predatory, battling for control against the cold, disciplined monarch he forced himself to be."Your Majesty?" I whispered, taking an involuntary step back. My own heart was hammering against my ribs, a strange, liquid heat pooling in my blood where our skin had touched.Cassian snapped his hands behind his back, his fingers curling into tight fists. He closed his eyes, taking three long, agonizingly slow breaths until the glowing amber in his irises slowly receded, leaving behind the icy blue eyes of the Alpha King. When he opened them, the wall was back up thicker and colder than before."The quarters prepared for you on the third floor are insufficient," he said, his voice clipped and unnaturally formal, tho
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