The Alpha King's Hated Mate
A weak beam of light cut through the gloom, catching on particles of dust and cobwebs that floated like ghostly threads.
The chamber stretched out in a square hollow carved straight into the earth, the walls etched with runes I didn’t understand but had come to fear. In the center, like a throne forged from death, stood the stone coffin—massive, ancient, and humming with the weight of secrets.
I stepped forward, boots crunching against loose gravel and brittle bones I refused to look down at.
My spy hovered behind me, trembling like a leaf caught in a storm. He muttered something under his breath again—something about death and desecration and the old laws—but I didn’t care.