The Alpha’s Scarred Healer
More than once, I caught myself rubbing my tired eyes before forcing my attention back to the pages in front of me.
By the time I had worked through most of the library's main collection, only three books rested inside my tote bag: King's Rot, the worn children's storybook, and an old handwritten journal from a healer who had once documented an Alpha whose skin eruptions resembled chickenpox.
Nothing else.
I closed my eyes for a brief moment and whispered a silent prayer that there truly was nothing else.
My neck burned beneath the scarf, and my legs felt unsteady beneath me. Resting my hand on my stomach, I whispered another apology to the little life growing inside me. Soon, I promised. I'