The Alpha's Abandoned Mate
“You think I came here to fight you?”
“You came here because you can’t stay away,” she murmured. “And that alone is going to destroy us both.”
A violent crash shook the courtyard, stone cracking, a building collapsing in flames behind them. Screams echoed, but still, they didn’t look away. For a heartbeat, it was only them, standing in the center of a burning kingdom, two souls bound by a curse older than their blood.
“Say something,” she whispered. “Say anything other than silence.”
“I never wanted this war,” he said, stepping closer again. “I never asked to be the Ghost Alpha. I never wanted the packs kneeling to me like I’m some omen. I just wanted, ”