Rejected By Alpha, Claimed By the Tyrant Rogue’s
"Why help me? I am just a discarded, broken girl with nothing left. Why do you care?"
A small, genuine smile of remembrance touched Helios’s lips. He reached into his suit jacket pocket and pulled out a small, old object, placing it gently into my open palm. It was a tarnished silver locket, scratched up but completely familiar.
"You pulled three young boys out of the freezing Silver Lake ten years ago during a storm, Maya," Helios whispered, his eyes searching mine. "You saved our lives when we were drowning, and you dropped this behind when you ran away. We have been looking for our savior for a very long time. The Valerius family always repays its debts, and right now, we also need to cru