Alpha’s Claimed Mate.
Royce Wrights rejected by my best friend and alpharejected by the alpha claimed by his brotherclaimed by the alpha's loverejected by alpha, mated to his alpha king uncle
POV: Infirmary – Night of the Same Day
The room had dimmed to whispers. The candles had long since burned low, and the world outside was snow and shadow. Ember lay still beneath wool blankets, her skin damp and too pale, her breathing shallow and uneven.
And in her mind, something stirred.
A whisper, too soft to trace. Then words—clear, cold.
“This is what love costs you, Ember.”
She turned in the fevered dark, trying to escape it, but the voice followed.