The Rejected Alpha Queen
I folded the letter and slipped it into my gown, heart pounding.
Every bone in my body screamed that this wasn’t over. That this was the beginning.
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Leo’s POV
I stood by the window, watching the clouds pass slowly over the moon. The wind outside howled faintly, almost as if it knew what we were planning. The night was still young, but its silence was the kind that warned of blood. Of betrayal. Of the end.
Behind me, Gazelle moved like a shadow—graceful, calculating, venom in every inch of her. She laid out runes on the black velvet cloth covering the table, her fingers quick and precise. Incantations whispered from her lips like curses sweetened with honey.