Compilation Of Short Stories
Her fingers, skilled and careful, had traced the spines of volumes on law, history, and war before they closed around a simple, unmarked book of vellum.
It was not a history. It was a collection of letters, intimate and raw, written by Alphas to their mates across generations. The words were so visceral, so full of longing and possession, that she found herself whispering them aloud, her voice a soft murmur in the quiet room.
“I would have you on your knees before me, not in supplication, but in celebration. I would teach your mouth the shape of my name until you forget all others…”
A floorboard creaked behind her