Alpha’s Forbidden Mate
They left the table in disorder, cards scattered like a record of every secret wagered and lost.
In the kitchen, Briony and Lyra had managed to wrest dinner from the generator’s erratic goodwill—rice and beans, plus a wilted carrot for every bowl. The newcomers joined quietly, their faces nearly lost in the golden circle of the lamp.
Downtime in the city was the tightest luxury. No one spoke at first, just ate and watched the steam curl. Then Briony spread her arms and told a story from the old world—about a girl who tried to eat the sun, bit by bit, until she was nothing but fire. At the end, Morgan claimed the truth was that the sun ate her, because that’s what always happens to girls who
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