THE SLAVE WHO REJECTED THE ALPHA
Their clothes were soaked, darkened almost to black, the metallic scent reaching me before my mind fully understood what my eyes were seeing.
Blood.
My heart jumped, sharp and fast.
I hurried toward them, boots crunching against the dirt. “What happened?” I demanded, my voice cutting through the morning stillness. “Where is she?”
One of them wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, his expression flat, distant in a way that made my skin prickle. “It’s done,” he said. “The witch is dead.”
Relief hit me so hard it made me dizzy.
“How?” I pressed, stepping closer, my gaze sweeping over their stained sleeves, their hands, their boots. “Did she fight?”
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