The Lycan King’s Broken Mate
As soon as the door closed behind the healer, the silence of the room turned suddenly heavy. The embers cracked softly in the hearth, the sweet steam of the herbal tea still hung in the air, but the warmth of it all was torn apart in an instant by the king’s gaze. He turned toward me. His shoulders were rigid, his jaw clenched, his eyes black and hard like the frozen surface of a winter lake.
“Damn it, Thalia,” he hissed, barely audible, yet every letter cut into my skin. “You have no idea how much trouble you’re causing.”