An Heir For The Comatose Alpha
The candlelight caught the sharp line of his jaw, the exhaustion he didn't bother hiding once the door was locked and there was no audience left to perform for.
"You want to know why it's you," he said finally. It wasn't a question.
My mouth went dry. "Yes."
"So do I." He crossed back toward the bed, slower this time, and crouched down until we were eye level, his forearms braced on his knees,“In three hundred years of recorded history, the anchor bond has surfaced eleven times in this bloodline.”Eleven, Do you know what that means?
"That I'm rare," I said. "Not that I'm safe."