Married to the Alpha Who Killed My Father
"In direct violation of his sentence."
"Which converts automatically to execution, should he be found and returned," Rurik said. "Assuming, of course, we can locate him before he crosses beyond any territory where that sentence still holds meaning."
Aria felt a complicated tangle of fear and something more difficult to name, not quite grief, not quite relief, but some uneasy blend of both at the thought of her uncle running, finally and completely, from the consequences of everything he'd built.
"What does he want?" she asked quietly. "If he's already violated his exile, already risking execution should he be caught — what could possibly be worth that risk, this far removed from any power he