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I'm in the maid's quarters, looking for something in my drawers, and I have to admit that this is an interrup
friends with the Alpha King when you were kids. You're
l my socks fall out. But along with the socks comes a small fo
the paper right
t on
ope this note finds you well. I refused to open the door for you
per at me. "How o
up. "Maybe e
ou when he was twelve
ting the note. "It's i
e's the Alpha King now, Alice. And our duty is to keep this place and the
ope. All the maids are now gathered for some sort of meeting, and instead of worrying about what it's for, I'm craning my neck, trying to look at the golden th
aking. "I gathered you all here because we need one maid to come with us to the Moonlight Grove Pack for the an
rippling among the crowd. The maids are all avoiding Beta Carlos's e
en't experienced any breaches yet. But the smaller packs have, and it's enough for some of our maids to quit to be with their families. The only
to say something but he stops when the curtains behind him
om sinks into a bow, but I don't. I can't. The only thing I can do is stare at him. It's like he has his own gravitational pull on me. I'm unable to look away from the shiny waves of his black hair and the coolness of
y eyes. And just like that, I raise my hand.
iform to get me to lower my hand. But Beta Carlos already saw me.
speak louder. "I vol
jects. "Have you forgotten that o
oud. Loud enough to make my ears pop
s ability to mind-link. These are details that I shouldn't be forgetting,
il one night. All I can remember was waking up in the infirmary dripping wet and cold. Diamond wasn't with me, but I was told he was in h
or speak. Some say it was a curse from the Moon Goddess. Some say it was a developing disease in his body that reached
language, but I don't know how. He just turns t
t want me
.. would you come up here, pl
e throne room. Mia catches my eyes for a second and shakes her
point out in a shaky voice. "I.
chance, probably because they have no other choice. Alpha Diamond doesn't seem to want to, but in the end, he relents and stands close to me. So close that I can catch
es have I wi
feel like so much time has been stolen f
I whisper. "I wo
around and walks away. Beta Carlos sighs and starts to follow him, turn
t his long legs are carrying him so far and I have to jog to
e a fur coat. I wriggle into it as a carriage pulls up in front of
, and I climb into the ca
y ignoring my presence. I try to communicate with him, but Beta Carlos
rriage basically leaps and crashes on the cold snowy ground. The horses are running at full speed, wh
r than before. I gasp as I fly off my seat. I thought things would settle
nd heavy breaths. A strange smell permeates the air.
ent of