The Alpha King's Insane Vow
Her fingers curled tightly in her lap, knuckles paling, as if she were holding herself together by sheer will alone.
“My acolyte is dead,” she said quietly. “Her name was Iris. She was young, barely initiated. And whatever killed her didn’t leave her body intact enough for the priestesses to perform the proper rites.”
The words struck harder than I expected. Death was no stranger to me, but the way her voice thinned around Iris’s name stirred something sharp and unpleasant in my chest.
“She was found near the outer reaches of the Sacred Forest,” Delilah continued. Her gaze lifted to mine now, dark and unflinching. “Caspian doesn't want the pack to know. He refuses to show any weakness in fro