THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA
My jaw clenched so hard my teeth creaked, rage coiling like a serpent in my gut.
Maids burst in, bucket sloshing, dress folded neatly, eyes wide with terror at the sight of me hovering over a Crescent enemy. The eldest, Mira, hesitated at the bed’s edge, voice trembling. “Alpha, we’ll clean her—”
“Get out.” I didn’t look up, dipping a cloth in steaming water, wringing it with hands that shook only once. “All of you. Now.”
They fled, door slamming behind them. I worked alone, wiping mud and blood from pale skin, tracing the crescent tattoo on her neck—delicate, damning, a brand of the pack I’d spent years hating.