THE ALPHA'S STEPMATE
They were talking about the Thorne drama.
The story wasn't about werewolves, of course. It was about the scandal: the arrogant King of Crestwood, Kael Thorne, being caught in a vicious fight with his powerful father, Marcus, over a strange, quiet new girl - me. The rumor mill had been working overtime, twisting the corridor confrontation into a soap opera of forbidden step-sibling romance and family rage.
As I walked to my locker, the whispers were impossible to ignore.
"Did you see how red Marcus's face was?"