Grace of a Wolf by Lenaleia

Chapter 30

Chapter 29: Grace: Did I Offend Him?

My stomach is gnawing itself to death.

I press a hand against it, willing it to calm down as I resume pacing the perimeter of my room. Seven steps along the wall. Turn. Five steps across. Turn. Seven steps back. Turn. Five steps to the door.

I crack it open for the fifth time in twenty minutes.

The Blue Mountain shifter stands at attention, back rigid as a plank. He doesn’t even twitch as I peer around the edge of the door. His eyes remain fixed forward, as if I’m nothing but a breeze passing through the hallway.

I close the door with a sigh and press my forehead against the cool wood. My stomach clenches painfully. The mountain of breakfast from earlier features in my regrets; I should have stuffed my face while I had the chance. Or at least taken some with me.

Another cramp twists my insides. Decision made.

I yank open the door, determination straightening my spine.

"Hey! I need—"

My words die as I nearly collide with a broad chest. Not the Blue Mountain guard. The Lycan King himself stands before me, his hand raised mid-knock, a tray balanced perfectly in his other palm. The scent of lasagna and garlic bread makes my mouth water in the most unbecoming way.

His eyebrow arches, storm-gray eyes assessing as they rove over me. I take an instinctive step back, which is apparently Lycan for come on in because that’s precisely what he does.

Rude.

Then again, he made it oh-so-clear I’m his prisoner, so can I really complain?

He kicks the door closed with his heel without looking, his gaze never leaving my face. "Are you comfortable?" he asks, setting the tray on my bed.

I eye him suspiciously. Personally delivering food and asking about my comfort? His behavior is on a rollercoaster again.

"I’m fantastic, thank you."

His jaw tightens. "You’re not."

"I just said I am, though?"

He grunts. "Your boyfriend will be instated as Alpha tonight."

I already know that, thanks to Andrew. "I’m sure he’s happy about it."

and he hasn’t moved from the side of my bed, effectively

my hands together, digging my nails into my skin to keep my composure. "Did you need

on my linked hands. "How is your

it much, the pain is bearable. It’s the hunger

breath catches as his

in my hair, but the

I’m struck again by the strangeness of this situation. Thankfully, Andrew’s coming

you first brought to the Blue

course it comes with a cost. I guess

doesn’t remember any of what I said before, but it’s still annoying to

fighting the urge to step away. Any sudden movement might upset him, and I’m not risking him taking away my food

continue their exploration, twining around the strand. "Six," he

told him, but he should at

he claimed you as his

hands clench at my sides. "Until he didn’t, the night of

narrow, his fingers still absently toying with my

cheese congealing while he plays twenty questions. "Could I maybe

eyebrows rise, but he releases my hair and steps aside with a gesture toward

lasagna hits my tongue, and I have to stifle a

Pack is no longer home, but the chef is

over me as his eyes

much to tell. I must have been drugged, because I woke up practically naked in the forest during the Mate Hunt. I guess he was trying to force me to shift. He thought I was his biological daughter and found out I wasn’t."

he ’find out’?" His voice carries an

you, after the Mate Hunt.

from the window. "Did he ever

"No."

"Not even at sixteen?"

I recall, "He did throw me a pretty big sweet sixteen. He would always get me a cake for my birthday, but it wasn’t usually

see.

clear, because the day was so special to me. "He had to leave halfway through because something came up. I didn’t think much of it because Rafe was with me." Poking my lower lip with my fork, I squint in the air, as if it’ll help me see my memory with more clarity. "He was happy when I first saw him that morning, but he

through the room and Caine spins away from me, pacing

fork down, appetite vanishing under the weight of

intend to mate you with

non sequitur throws me for a loop, and I blink. "No, Alpha had

his voice sharp as a

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