THE ALPHA'S RELUCTANT CLAIM
We sat together in the quiet of the east wing while below us the pack house moved through its afternoon, doors, footsteps, the distant sound of training in the yard, and I thought about three girls who had sat in this same wing, looked out this same window, and eventually left in ways Isla wouldn't describe.
I was not going to be the fourth.
I pressed my mother's bracelet between my palm, ignoring the heavy, unnatural chill that cut straight into my skin like ice, and made myself that promise slowly and deliberately, the way you make a promise you intend to keep.
The door to my room opened without a knock.
Thomas stood in the frame, that professional smile in place, a folded note in his han
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