Forced To Bear The Alpha's Son
I swayed slightly and had to force myself to stay upright.
Nira stepped back too, and now that the contact was gone, her silver eyes looked almost ordinary again. She turned toward Nikolai with that same flat, controlled expression that made her seem older than she looked.
“She is just a normal human,” Nira said calmly. “She escaped from her House to find freedom. She is not marked, and she belongs to no one.”
The relief that hit me made my knees buckle and I fell the floor.
I exhaled shakily, my fingers tightening around my own wrist. For that second, I thought it might actually be over. I lifted my gaze to Nira, and though I knew better than to trust a stranger so quickly, gratitude rose i