A Dorm With My Alpha Mate
I wanted to burn it, to scream, to run.
But then I looked up, my eyes landing on Kai’s empty cot, the indentation where his body should be, the memory of his face, pale but proud, in the archway, his voice: "They will follow you." The fear did not leave; it was a cold companion, a wolf at the door, but something else rose to meet it, a slow-burning anger, a fire in my gut. I was not that girl anymore; I was not a mouse. I stood up, my legs steady. I walked to the small fireplace in the corner. The ashes were cold from last night’s fire. I knelt, striking a flint, a spark, a tiny flame. I held the parchment over it. The edges blackened, curling like dying fingers. The words "little queen" his