ARYA

Everything that happened right after the kiss was a terrifying blur. Alpha Daxton ended the kiss and dragged me out of his study before tossing me to the guards like I was a lamb prepared for slaughter. I couldn't fight back, my knees felt like jelly, and there was a deep ache in my bones.

It was poison. There was no doubt about it.

Did he poison me with a kiss because he believed I was the culprit? I soon got my answer a little while later.

I was curled up on the concrete floor ...