THE ALPHA KING'S CLAIM
Beside me, Aero caught my waist and pressed me closer.
“I was about to be crowned queen when your mother told me about her relationship with Hal, the primier general of the Phanteon army and the beta of the Alpha King. Naturally, being of different species, I advised her against it, but she...she looked so in love, so alive when she revealed he was her mate. I undertood her instantly. I was in love myself with Alduin, my fae mate.”
The brightness in her eyes dulled for a moment. Across the table, I was tempted to reach out to her and comfort her, but she regained her composure in the next second, sniffed and smiled towards me again.