Grace of a Wolf by Lenaleia

Chapter 15

Chapter 14: Grace: Sent Back

By evening, I’m still alive—but now I don’t want to be.

The man’s an absolute psychopath.

Psycho. Path.

Since when does "go straight to the source" mean waltz into the middle of the grand event welcoming the fucking Lycan King?

And, even if that is what it meant—which it isn’t—what madman throws a bound and gagged woman to the floor in the middle of the room?

Him. That’s who.

My skin burns with everyone’s eyes on me, and I know my face is redder than a tomato. Everyone can see the state I’m in, and there isn’t a single friendly gaze in the bunch.

The meticulously decorated event hall is gorgeous, filled with random, expensive-looking floral arrangements. Everyone in the pack is here, from Alpha and Beta down to the lowliest omega; the main lodge is the only building on pack lands large enough to handle a crowd this size.

There’s a long table at the front of the room to seat the guest of honor and his party on one side, and Alpha and other high-ranking wolves of the Blue Mountain Pack on the other; it’s a standard seating arrangement.

Several Lycans already sit there, leaning forward with interest, but the Lycan King’s seat—next to Alpha—is empty.

And Alpha...

My heart sinks at the look on his face.

jaw clenches so tight, a muscle twitches beneath his skin. A vein in his

the meaning of this?" His voice comes out low,

against his grip. A whimper escapes through the gag, and I find myself missing my betrayer wolf friend. He might be disloyal, but at least he cares about keeping me

I can already tell they’re leaving bruises. Though that’s the least of my problems right now. "I thought you might want to explain why a human smells so much

challenge, and he bows his head in a show

High Alpha. I should have informed you of her

Alpha to treat him with such deference... So this psychopath really is

pack attacked her family when she was young." Alpha’s voice softens with false sympathy. "We found her alone, traumatized. I couldn’t leave an innocent

the gag in my mouth. Lies

no trouble. Until recently." Alpha’s eyes narrow.

is short-lived as his scrutiny burns through me. "You took in a human child, Brax?"

separate from pack business, taught her to be useful." Alpha spreads his hands. "What else could we do? The human systems would have failed her. We raised her as well as we could, taking responsibility for the

cared about me, only for him to speak of me like I’m a

king’s

those proved impossible, she fled rather

constricts. Inappropriate attachments? Now he’s making my relationship with Rafe sound dirty and twisted. I search the

he stands with Ellie, who looks positively gleeful over my predicament. His expression is blank, showing no reaction to my father’s—no, to

tell what he’s thinking. Then again, he’s clearly insane. "That you’d risk harboring

to be

leaning down to yank the gag out of my mouth, his fingers scraping against my cheek as he

I work my jaw to

eyes bore into mine.

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