Rejected by the Alpha, Claimed by his Brother

Inside the estate was a storm.

Guards moved in tight formations, orders were being snapped back and forth. The tension was like a living thing in the air, and almost suffocating. Every wolf here was on high alert.

I should care.

I didn’t.

I blended through the chaos, moving unnoticed and unfazed. None of these people mattered. None of them existed to me.

I had only one focus and although I didn’t know where her room was or wherever she was, I’d find her. I didn’t care if she was busy or not, that’s why I had my powers.

I’d bend the situation to my will and manipulate whoever.

I listened out...

Not for the chatter of guards, not for the worried murmurs of servants.

I listened for her.

I knew exactly what I was searching for; the quiet, steady cadence of her breath, the way she exhaled just a little too softly, the way her heartbeat stutters in sleep amongst other things.