Phoebe’s POV
Reginald’s hatred burned in his eyes as he stared at . The way I ignored him clearly drove him crazy. I couldn’t bring myself to care - my eyes felt empty, lifeless. Kevin had shattered sothing inside , leaving nothing but a hollow shell.
"I am going to kill you!" Reginald snarled, shoving harder against the wall. His body pressed against mine, trapping .
Even as I struggled to breathe, fear didn’t touch . Death felt like an old friend I’d been expecting. There was a ti I’d wanted to end it all myself.
"Go ahead, kill ."
I closed my eyes, ready to welco whatever ca next.
But my acceptance wasn’t what Reginald wanted. And he wasn’t reckless enough to actually kill here.
Kevin would destroy him in ways I couldn’t imagine if anything happened to his favorite toy. The soon-to-be alpha’s wrath wasn’t sothing anyone wanted to face.
Reginald threw aside instead, cursing under his breath. His hand rose to strike my face but stopped mid-air. A slap would leave marks - evidence that he’d touched Kevin’s property.
It wasn’t worth the risk. Soon, Kevin would officially be alpha. Provoking him now would be suicide.
"Fuck you!" Reginald spat in my face before storming off to prepare for the ceremony. His stepfather would throw a fit if he wasn’t ready on ti.
His departure brought no relief. This wasn’t the life I wanted anyway.
I wiped the spit from my cheek and headed to the bathroom to clean up, then returned to work. Kira tore into with harsh words, but she couldn’t actually punish - not until after the ceremony ended.
"Here! Take this drink to the front row, beta Caron," Kira ordered, then frowned as she realized she’d just told to serve my own father.
It seed inappropriate, but no one else was available.
"I’ll do it," I said flatly. eting my father ant nothing to now. He was just another face in the crowd - no more important than anyone else.
The last ti we’d spoken was long ago when Kevin punished Reginald for trying to kiss . Caron had asked what happened, and that was it. Whether he’d done anything about Reginald afterward, I didn’t care to know.
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The ceremony proceeded without a hitch. The crowd cheered for their new alpha as Kevin smiled back at them all.
But the celebratory mood shifted the mont the king rose from his seat and walked toward the podium to officially legitimize Kevin’s claim.
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Phoebe’s POV
That’s when I entered the main hall, and the restless feeling I’d been fighting intensified. My heart pounded harder with each step closer to the main hall.
A strange mix of fear and anticipation drove forward, faster than before. Sothing - soone - was waiting for in there.
I couldn’t put this feeling into words.
The closer I got, the more my chest ached. Like I was yearning for sothing... soone. Like a long wait was finally about to end.
I started jogging down the corridor, then broke into a half-run. When I reached the main hall, I yanked the door open and stepped inside with absolute certainty.
The room had fallen silent, all attention focused on the king.
About three hundred important people filled their seats, facing the raised podium where the king delivered his speech.
His voice carried clearly through the vast space, crisp as morning air. Sunlight stread through the floor-to-ceiling windows, casting long shadows across the white tile floor.
My eyes found him instantly. The mont I entered, I knew he was the source of my restlessness. His scent hit - faint among hundreds of others, but unmistakably his. It made my heart flutter.
When our gazes t, my entire world shifted around him. I wanted nothing more than to be near him, to touch him, to kiss him. The longing created a physical ache I couldn’t describe.
The king stopped speaking. His eyes locked on mine, but I couldn’t read his expression. He narrowed his gaze dangerously, watching as I walked toward him, standing out among the seated audience.
Loud murmurs and gasps erupted from the crowd as they stared at in shock. An oga. My uniform made it obvious.
"What is she doing here?!" Caron hissed.
Reginald sat beside him with his mother and little sister. All eyes were on as I approached the podium with steady steps.
"Stop her," Kevin ordered darkly to a nearby warrior.
I could see his hands trembling slightly. Sothing in his expression suggested he recognized the look on my face - like he’d seen it before. He looked sick, as if realizing so kind of threat was closing in.
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