ca Kell

e blazed with the light of a hundred crystal chandeliers. The liv

y hand as I looked down at the crowded hall below. Every unmated noble Alpha wit

. Their greedy eyes were practically glued to the rumor o

alked in, handing me a goblet of red w

en asked, rubbing the space between his eyeb

I took the goblet, swirling the dark red liquid as I

o the high platform in the center of the hall and s

ford's voice boomed across the room. "Tonight, my granddaugh

ords in silk tunics puffed out their chests and adjusted

gown, and walked slowly down the curved marble staircase. Every eye in th

owd of smiling, greedy f

clear and steady. "Pass my three tests, and I, Frances

ing his jeweled hands together. "Name your tests, La

st t

e hall swung open, and eight armored guards grunted as

telands. The starving beast slammed its massive body against the iron b

and scrambled backward, spilling th

using your Alpha Dominion to suppress it, and without carrying a

Fighting a starving northern beast with bare human hands and no wolf

test!" the fat viscount stammered, wiping cold sw

st the railing of the platform. "You can't even handle a wi

t the moment the guards unlatched the iron door and the feral beast lunged forward, snapping its jaws an inch from

black as the bottom of a pot. "Grandfather, it looks like the Alphas of

ar at me, the heavy oak doors of the bal

mbled into the hall, gasping for air as he held

lpha King summons Elder Alford to

s from King Fleming Burton in the dead of night

another look, he grabbed his heavy fur coat from a serva

e of the floor, the embarrassed nobles quickly found excuses to

ing snow, a strange restlessness tightening in

he sun had even risen, frantic k

ng the door open to find Chloe standing the

er voice trembling. "He brought someone back with him to the main hall... He

nned my silver-white hair up with a simple bone clasp

ssure in the corridor made the fine hairs on my arms stand up. The guar

h and pushed the ha