Dying as a Human: Rising of the Alpha Queen
I stand near the edge of the upper balcony, holding a fresh crystal glass of blood-red wine, watching the Mercer family fracture from within.
Talon steps up beside me, his hands folded neatly behind his back. "Don't let them ruin your appetite, Harper."
I take a slow sip of the rich liquid, my eyes narrowing. "They don't have the power to ruin anything for me, Talon."
The Harper who would have cried over Grayson Mercer died the night he abandoned her in the Hollowfang Woods.
Yet, as I stare down at the sparkling wine, a sharp, sudden ache throbbed deep within my chest cavity—a residual phantom pain left behind by the original soul of this body. The poor, fragile human-born Harper who loved G