Serena"

Naturally, I was joking when I said intimate matters. That would never occur. Alonzo was simply a friend to me. But it was the way Killian pushed himself to comply with my father's command that irritated me the most.

I stomped fiercely as I approached my chamber. I'm sick of his present! Apart from that, I need to speak with this beta's son, and Killian should be kept out of the loop regarding what I would say to Alonzo.

However, before I could enter my room, Adriana, Alonzo's oldest sister, appeared striding and swaying her hips with a slight hair flip and her bitch smile on display.

Adriana said,...