Grim
Lily was still in my arms, fast asleep with her face pressed against my neck, the heat of her breath warming my skin.
It wasn’t a sight I am used to. It wasn’t a sight I would allow.
It was intimate.
Too intimate.
As Alpha, the only Alpha, I have clawed my way to the top of the world, carving my path with grit and blood. I have made myself untouchable through the horrors I have committed and the reputation I built along the way. I have ruled with absolute authority and a ruthless dominance that cannot be challenged. And each time I have fought with unwavering viciousness, showing no weakness and delivering only my worst at every given moment.
People have long expected only fear and absolute destruction from me.
And yet here I am, in bed, with the enemy, and I wasn’t even atte
