The Alpha’s Pretty Mistake
They ran beneath the outer estate—narrow, damp, and mostly forgotten, except by those of us who learned long ago that secrets needed quiet places to breathe.
I knew which steps creaked, which bricks hid levers. I moved through them like I used to when I was younger, when Kol and I were still something more than enemies in love’s clothing. Back then, the tunnels had been an escape.
Now, they were a confession.
At the tunnel’s end, there was an opening behind the old stables. The stone archway was cracked, ivy swallowing its mouth.
That was where I found the messenger.
He was waiting in the fog, hood drawn, voice low and strange, like someone who hadn’t spoken in years.
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