The urgent knock on my office door startled me. My chest felt tight with worry about everythingthat was going wrong.
"Come in" I called out, my voice rougher than usual.
It was one of my remaining guards. "Alpha Griffin," he said, his face grim. "Alpha King Alex is about to leave. He's outside, near the main gate."
My heart dropped. Leaving? No, not yet. Not before we talked. What we had, Alex and I, was too important to just let it break like this. We had been brothers, not just allies. We had fought side by side, shared laughter, even cried together over losses. This couldn't be the end.
I may hate the fact that he throws what he did for me in my face a lot to make me obedient or willing to do whatever he wants but he truly is the reason why I'm standing here today.
"Thank you," I s
