Bad Boy Alpha
“I warned you, Nicholas. Leadership isn’t about loyalty to a mate or babysitting your sister. It’s about strength. If you can’t control this rising threat—if you can’t contain the bloodline before it devours itself—I will name another heir.”
My heart thudded in my chest.
He meant it.
He’d strip me of everything—my title, my legacy, my right to stand beside Azaria not just as a mate, but as an equal.
“I’ll fix it,” I said.
“You better,” he replied. “Before the moon wanes.”
He turned and disappeared behind the council veil.
And just like that, I was dismissed.
Again.
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I found Ashley later in the royal garden.
She was going into a lunge, with glittering blades in the low morning sun, tears s
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