The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna
I finished it before she returned, and by then, I was feeling marginally better, my mind already starting to work through the next prototype of my perfume.
That was when my mother returned, out of breath, carrying a book I recognized the moment I saw it: a tattered old children’s bound in cracked green cloth, the broken spine held together with tape that had begun to peel at the edges.
I blinked at the book. “Isn’t that the old fairytale book you used to read to me as a kid?” I laughed, reaching for it.
“Yes.” My mother snatched it out of my reach, then slammed it on the table, flipping through until she reached a story in the middle. She pushed the book toward me, folding her arms, and said