{Ronan’s POV}

The morning of our coronation felt like the dawn of a new day. All our enemies were defeated. All the ghosts of our past gone. The road ahead was clear for the first time in ages…

I had barely gotten used to the new power that came with being King of Alphas. And the weight of the crown I had yet to wear pressed against me all the same. I stood before the mirror, adjusting the collar of my suit, my reflection staring back with a gaze that was just as elated.

“Stop fighting with it,” Lisa’s voice drifted from behind me. She crossed the room with an...