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.

the dark wood of the table. His jaw clenches so tight, a muscle twitches beneath his skin.

meaning of this?" His voice comes out low, controlled—the kind of control that precedes

me swaying against his grip. A whimper escapes through the gag, and I find myself missing my betrayer wolf friend. He might be disloyal,

my arm, and I can already tell they’re leaving bruises. Though that’s the least of my problems right now. "I thought you might want

Alpha’s face at the challenge, and he bows his head in a

deepest apologies, High Alpha. I should have informed

with such deference... So

she was young." Alpha’s voice softens with false sympathy. "We found her alone, traumatized.

would drop if it wasn’t already forced wide open from the gag in my mouth. Lies spill from

Until recently."

the relief is short-lived as his scrutiny burns through me. "You took in a human child, Brax?" There’s a warning

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

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

runs." The king’s voice

mouth tightens. "She developed... inappropriate attachments. When those proved impossible, she fled rather than accept

I search the crowd for Rafe’s face, though my field of vision is

sitting at the main table. Instead, he stands with Ellie, who looks positively gleeful over my

thinking. Then again, he’s clearly insane. "That you’d

to

to yank the gag out of my mouth, his fingers scraping against my cheek as he does so. The rough fabric scrapes against

I work my jaw to

into

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