Fated To The Alpha Princes
The first course arrived, silver trays bearing delicacies from both kingdoms, and conversation flowed around us like carefully choreographed dancers, everyone moving but no one truly engaging.
I watched Arianthe as she delicately picked at her food. Despite her composed exterior, I could sense her discomfort under her sisters' glares. The wolf inside me wanted to growl a warning at them, to protect what was mine, but I restrained myself. There were protocols to be observed, alliances to be forged. I couldn't afford to act on instinct alone.
But when Isolde "accidentally" spilled wine near Arianthe's plate, sending dark red droplets spattering across the tablecloth and nearly onto her silver
Sikat na Kabanata