The Alpha King’s Ruthless Claim
They turned, looked at me, and seamlessly dropped to one knee in the snow.
A ripple moved through the camp. It was completely silent, entirely instinctual. As I took another step forward, the warriors closest to the path stopped their work. One by one, row by row, the most lethal, bloodthirsty army on the continent dropped to their knees in the mud as I walked past.
No one spoke. No one hesitated. They simply knelt, bowing their heads to a disgraced, rejected princess who hadn't even signed their treaty.
You're not my King, I had told him.