Gillian.
The day of our union was wrapped in silence… an almost sacred calm. Sunlight spilled gently across the palace grounds, warm and golden, while the breeze moved with careful restraint, as if even the wind feared disturbing our vows.
There were no cries of unrest.
No scent of blood.
No visible trace of threat.
But I am an Alpha… and I know better than to trust quietly.
I am Gillian, Alpha Prince. And not for a single heartbeat did I allow myself complacency, because peace has always been fleeting. The truest dangers never announce themselves. They wait.
No one could say for certain whether Maximus still had followers roaming free… shadows clinging to the palace’s edges, biding their time, waiting for the precise moment to shatter my wedding.
The weight in my chest deepened th
