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.

so tight, a muscle twitches beneath his skin.

out low,

and needles attack my legs, leaving me swaying against his grip. A whimper escapes through the gag, and I find

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

at the challenge, and he bows his head in a show of submission I’ve never seen from him

apologies, High Alpha. I should have informed you of her

Alpha to treat him with such deference...

softens with false sympathy. "We found her alone, traumatized. I couldn’t leave an innocent child

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

us, causing no trouble. Until recently."

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, but

useful." Alpha spreads his hands. "What else could

him my adoptive father, believing he cared about me, only for him to speak of

king’s voice carries

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

dirty and twisted. I search the crowd for Rafe’s face, though my field of vision is limited without twisting my head

enough to be sitting at the main table. Instead, he stands with Ellie, who looks positively gleeful over my predicament. His expression is blank, showing no reaction to my

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

always strived to

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

tongue feels like sandpaper, and I

His gray eyes bore into mine. "Is what

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