The Maid the Alphas Couldn't Forget
My fingers scanned the spines until they found the gold—warm to the touch, pulsing with an ancient, hidden power.
I pressed it.
The floor beneath me groaned. The marble split wide open, revealing a dark, yawning staircase spiraling down into the belly of the academy.
The scent of cold earth, wet stone, and ancient blood rose up to greet me.
I stepped into the abyss.
Behind me, the library doors creaked open. A silhouette stood in the moonlight.
It wasn't Zephyr.
It wasn't Kael.
It wasn't Ronan.
It was the Alpha of Silvermoon, his silver-streaked hair glinting, his cold, dead eyes fixed on the hole in the floor where I had vanished.