I still could not believe I had brought the girl from the coronation party home.
It unsettled me.
From the moment she stepped into my territory, she acted as though she had expected it. As though being brought into the Alpha King’s pack was not a surprise but an outcome she had already calculated. That alone stirred suspicion deep in my bones.
After the party, my wolf had been restless. No, not restless. Alarmed.
Killian had insisted I send her away immediately. He warned me. Over and over again. But something ignited the moment my eyes found hers in that hall. A spark so powerful it defied logic. It pulled me toward her with a force that felt disturbingly close to a mate bond.
And yet she was not my mate.
Even when my instincts screamed caution, even when my wolf growled warn
