Shattered By The Alpha
He was leaning against his desk, the banked coal of his eyes catching the orange flicker of the hearth.
"You heard," he said. It wasn't a question.
"I'm not a spy," I whispered, my voice sounding paper-thin in the heavy room.
Silas walked toward me. He didn't stop until he was in my space, the scent of cedar and rain-drenched earth wrapping around me like a shroud. He reached out, his thumb catching my chin and tilting my face upward so I had no choice but to see the raw, terrifying honesty in his gaze.
"I know you aren't a spy, Zara Fen," he breathed, his voice dropping into that low, magnetic register that made my blood hum. "Spies are easy to kill. You? You're something much worse."
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