The Beta’s Unwilling Bride
I’ll do it again.
That evening, I find Tessa in the library. She’s seated and reading, the shelves towering around us. She doesn’t look up as I enter, her pen scratching furiously against a notebook.
“Tessa,” I say, my voice emotionless.
Her head snaps up, her eyes flashing with defiance. “What do you now Alaric?”
I step closer, my hands clasped behind my back. “You are doing things without my knowledge.”
She scoffs, slamming the notebook shut. “Maybe if you stop being cruel, I wouldn’t have to.”