It was morning and I already brushing out my hair when a knock came on my door. A second later, my mother peeked in.
“They’re here,” she said softly.
I blinked at her, then at the window, where sunlight poured in like the universe was mocking me. Today was the day...the day I officially left Silver Hollow and everything I’d ever known behind. A day I was never prepared for.
I set the brush down. “Did you see who it was?”
She shook her head. “I was just told by your father that someone from Blood Crescent is waiting outside.”
Not Alpha Alexander himself then. Thank the goddess. The thought of sitting beside that man for hours in a confined space made my skin crawl. Not because I was afraid of him—no. It was the opposite, actually. It was how damn cold he could be without lifting a fin
