(Isla)
If someone had told me a year ago that I would wake one morning looking forward to mating the Alpha King, I would've assumed they'd mistaken me for someone else.
I turned and looked at his sleeping form and thanked the goddess for giving him to me.
I wouldn't have been ready to claim another life back then.
I'd barely known how to hold on to my own.
Meeting Caius hadn't changed everything overnight. He hadn't rescued me with grand promises or impossible declarations. He'd simply stayed. Day after day. Choice after choice. He'd given me space when I needed it, stood beside me when I couldn't stand alone, and believed in me long before I knew how to believe in myself.
Somewhere along the way, without either of us noticing exactly when, he'd become my home.
He stirred a little b
