Rejected By My Alpha Mate, Claimed By The Cursed Lycan King
Elara's POV
The letter sat unopened on the table for a long moment, all of us simply staring at it like it might change shape if we looked away, and I found myself reaching for it slowly, my hands not quite steady as I finally broke the unfamiliar seal, pressed with an emblem I didn't recognize, a sun rising over waves.
"Read it aloud," Kael said quietly, his hand finding the small of my back, steady and grounding.
I cleared my throat and began, the formal, careful language of the letter settling strange and heavy into the quiet library.