When My Mate Chose Another, the Lycan King Chose Me
I stood there long after she had gone, the empty corridor stretching in both directions, my hands sliding lazily into my pockets, the corners of my mouth tugging upward into a grin I didn’t bother to disguise.
A low chuckle broke from me, not loud, not rushed, but steady, deliberate, the kind of laugh that filled the silence without needing company. Watching her storm away, I felt a flicker of interest sharpen inside me.
Ashley. Always running, always swearing she was free of Lucien, yet always circling back, her heart chained to him in ways she’d never admit, in ways she could never untangle. She thought her lies made her untouchable. To me, they made her transparent. Predictable. Useful.