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.

against the dark wood of the table. His jaw clenches so

comes out low,

me up by my bound arms, forcing me onto my feet. Pins and needles attack my legs, leaving me swaying against his grip. A whimper escapes through the gag, and I find myself missing my betrayer wolf friend. He might be

in the woods." The man’s grip tightens on 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 to explain why a human

and he bows his head in

deepest apologies, High Alpha. I should

deference... So this psychopath really is

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

drop if it wasn’t already forced wide open from the gag in

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

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

We kept her separate from pack business, taught her to be useful." Alpha spreads his hands. "What else could we do? The human systems would have

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

she runs." The king’s

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

my relationship with Rafe sound dirty and twisted. I search the crowd for Rafe’s face, though

table. Instead, he stands with Ellie, who looks positively gleeful over my predicament.

bland, I can’t tell what he’s thinking. Then again, he’s clearly insane. "That you’d risk harboring a human all these years,

"We’ve always strived to

gag out of my mouth, his fingers scraping against my cheek as he does so.

sandpaper, and I work my

into mine. "Is what he says

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