DESDEMONA

My eyes opened slowly. My eyelids were heavy, the light hurt a little. For a moment, I didn’t know where I was. Then I saw him.

Alpha Alaric sat in the chair beside my bed. His eyes were calm, cold maybe, I couldn’t read him. He looked almost peaceful, too peaceful for what had just happened. I blinked again, my lips parted.

“Alpha…” my voice came out weak and cracked, barely a whisper. “You saved me.”

He didn’t say anything, just stared at the wall as if he wasn’t even in the room with me.

I swallowed hard, my throat dry. “The girl… the one I tried to help,...